 But a mere intruder cannot enter on a person actually seized and eject him, and then question his title or set up an outstanding title in another. The maxim that the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the...  Southern Reporter - Sida 351921Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Thomas Sergeant, William Rawle - 1820 - 610 sidor
...be residing on land at the time of application for a warrant. Lane v. Reynard. 65 6. In ejectment a plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the defendant's. But a defendant cannot avail himself of this rule against a pl.iintiff "whom he has... | |
 | John Adams - 1821 - 474 sidor
...up a title in a third person against the purchaser. Jackson v. Bush, 10 Johns. 223. The rule that a plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the defendant's, does not apply against a plaintiff who was fraudulently induced by the defendant to... | |
 | South Carolina. Constitutional Court of Appeals - 1823 - 512 sidor
...title. It would be reversing the long established, and universally prevailing, rule of law, that the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of his adversary. I am sensible of the difficulty which will accrue to purchasers, at sheriff's... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - 1831 - 788 sidor
...and ouster, as part of his case. Doe v. Lamble, 1 if. and if. 237. Proof of a efficient title.'] The plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the defendant's. Martin v. Struck/in, 5 TR 107 (n). Twenty years adverse possession, since the statute... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - 1836 - 602 sidor
...action is in the nature of an action of ejectment. In that action it is a well known principle, that the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of his adversary. This principle applies here. The plaintiff must show a clear chain of title,... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1856 - 792 sidor
...that plaintiff must ncm-cr on strength of hit own title. — Although, in equity, as well as at law, a plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the defendant's ; yet it is not necessary that he should show a good title against all the world, but... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1852 - 664 sidor
...there was no such person, his title is without foundation ; still, as has been already stated, the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title and not on the weakness of his adversary's. The person in possession has the right to hold against the whole world, except against... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1853 - 672 sidor
...eject him, and then question his title, or set up an outstanding title in another. The maxim that the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the defendant's, is applicable to all actions for the recovery of property. But if the plaintiff had... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1854 - 756 sidor
...Jlrt. 2. — Of evidence far the defendant in ejectment. 3674. The principle already stated, that the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of his adversary, is so firmly established, that but little can be said about the evidence required... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - 1854 - 784 sidor
...a general rule in all these actions, as we have already remarked in respect to Ejectments, that the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's ; and that he must show, that he has the legal interest, and a possessory title, not... | |
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