 | Joseph Chitty - 1809 - 550 sidor
...where a party has merely a license to use land, Scc.Cg-) . The general rule governing this action is, that the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and cannot of course, in general, found his claim upon the insufficiency of the (f) For what an ejectment... | |
 | New Jersey. Supreme Court - 1839 - 658 sidor
...Bilderback, to Joseph Wilson, for her dower, as the widow of Ward Wilson the mortgagor. And the argument is, that the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title and not on the weakness of his adversary's. But I do not see the application of this rule to the present... | |
 | 1827 - 932 sidor
...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... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (3rd Circuit), Bushrod Washington - 1827 - 672 sidor
...the defendant may protect his possession, by a subsisting outstanding title in a third person, and that the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title. 2. That the will of Jacob Mootes, passed only an estate for • life to Charles Mootes; and, therefore,... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1833 - 1020 sidor
...respect to the Title, it should HTY. seem that the modern practice narrows the maxim, that the lessor of the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of his adversary, for (at least prima facie) mere proof of priority of... | |
 | William Cruise - 1835 - 502 sidor
...a bar in ejectment. 3 Burr. 1901. Cowp. 46. Doug. 721. 36. It is a rule of law that in an ejectment the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title; and cannot found his claim on the weakness of that of the defendant; for possession has given the defendant... | |
 | Joseph Chitty, Thomas Chitty - 1837 - 860 sidor
...merely a license to use land, &c. (.r). The general rule governing this action is, that the lessor of the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and of course he cannot in general found his claim upon the insufficiency of the defendant's (y) 457) ;... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - 1840 - 816 sidor
...HOLY 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 the... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court, Merritt M. Robinson - 1842 - 704 sidor
...corporation. The parish judge was correct in considering this as in some degree a petitory action, in which the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not by the weakness of his adversary's. As against the Second Municipality the actron is essentially... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1844 - 800 sidor
...east of Water street, and to entitle the proprietor of the lot, immediately west of the water-lot, the improvement should have been made by himself....profound respect for the Supreme Court of the United States, and have only to say, that we hope art opportunity may soon be afforded for a re-examination... | |
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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... 
