 | 1827 - 932 Seiten
...was doubtful ; and, therefore, that the lessor of the plaintiff could not recover, as he must rely upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of the defendant : and the Court would not feel inclined to disturb a possession of seventeen years, unless... | |
 | 1840 - 514 Seiten
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 | Alabama. Supreme Court, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - 1840 - 816 Seiten
...defendants are denied the benefit of a full defence. — ib. 513 17. A plaintiffin equity, must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of defendant. — Joutlnitn Jlntonea el al., Trustees of Ike Church of the Holy Conception, in the City... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1844 - 800 Seiten
...unless Pollard's was a <new grant,' since it is an undisputed principle, that the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of his adversaries. " We have taken this view of the case referred to, with the most profound respect... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1876 - 738 Seiten
...actions of ejectment and in actions for the recovery of personal property, the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of his adversary, when the title is put in issue. Patterson v. Fowler, 22 Ark., 396 ; J)ixon v. Thatcher,... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1858 - 764 Seiten
...title of the appellee; for as we have before shown, the plaintiff, in an ejectment suit, must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of his adversary's Toa, 1857.] Sweeden vs. The State. title, and that a defendant need not attempt to... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1848 - 918 Seiten
...enable him to sustain the action ; for the familiar rule requires, that the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of his adversary. Did the plaintiff show such title as would authorize a recovery ? All the conveyances... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1882 - 874 Seiten
...of it from the defendant? In our judgment he did not, inasmuch as the plaintiff was bound to recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of the defendant's title. 2. It was insisted, however, in view of the facts of this case as disclosed... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1852 - 664 Seiten
...else than the plaintiff. This is also excepted to. It is true, that in ejectment the plaintifl relies upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of his adversary's. But if, as here, the plaintiff shows a good title — if he produces a grant and a... | |
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In ejectment, the plaintiff recovers upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of his adversary. 
