 | Henry Roscoe - 1825 - 838 sidor
...the crown after an adverse possession of sixty years, does not give a title. (J~) The rule that the plaintiff in ejectment must recover upon the strength of his own title, is qualified in its application to the case of landlord and tenant, for a tenant who has come in under... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - 1836 - 406 sidor
...circumstances than before. In ejectment, the rule is invariable, that the plaintif must recover on the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of the title of his adversary. If there is any doubt in the case, that doubt must be resolved in favor of the defendant. The defendant... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Yate Lee - 1843 - 572 sidor
...the allotment without having made any claim, because every plaintiff in ejectment must recover on the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of the title of his adversary. See Doe d. Watson v. Jefferson, 2 Bing. 123. By an act of the 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 87, (which passed on... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1844 - 800 sidor
...considered, 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 sidor
...414. But in 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.... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1858 - 764 sidor
...involving the 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... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1882 - 874 sidor
...possession 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 in the... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1893 - 776 sidor
...any title to plaintiff. As in ejectment, or in the corresponding statutory real action, the plaintiff must recover -upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of defendant's, when no relation exists creating an estoppel of defendant's denial of plaintiff's title,... | |
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... must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of the defendant... 
