 | 1827 - 932 halaman
...the meaning 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... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - 1840 - 816 halaman
...CONCEPTION, IN THE CITY OF MOBILE, VS. THE HE1R9 OF DON MIGUEL ESLAVA. 1. A plaintiff in equity, must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of the defendant. 2. A deed, conveying lots of land in the city of Mobile, during the period... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1844 - 800 halaman
...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 - 1858 - 764 halaman
...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... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1876 - 738 halaman
...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... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1882 - 874 halaman
...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 halaman
...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... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - 1854 - 784 halaman
...mortgagee upon the mortgage.' § 331. As the claimant in ejectment, or other real action, can recover only upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of the tenant, the defence will 1 Thunder v. Belcher, 8 East, 449 ; Keech v. Hall, 1 Doug.... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court, Hamilton Chamberlain Jones - 1855 - 512 halaman
...defendant out, and put him in possession of the land sued for; hence the rule, " the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title and not upon the weakness of that of the defendant." Two exceptions are made. 1st. Where the plaintiff's lessor is a purchaser... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - 1861 - 596 halaman
...cause. City of Apalachicola vs. Apalachicola Land Co., 340. 5. The rule that a plaintiff in ejectment must rely upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of his adversary's title, is not to be understood as requiring that he shall be compelled, in the first... | |
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... the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title and not upon the weakness of that of the defendant... 
