 | John Norton Pomeroy - 1876 - 924 sidor
...answered that in ejectment the defendant may succeed by proving legal title out of the plaintiff, because the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of the defendant's ? This, again, is a mere formula of words without any real meaning. There is no action... | |
 | L. U. Reavis - 1876 - 1062 sidor
...STROBEL. 1. EJECTMENT — TITLE. — In actions of ejectment the rule is that the plaintiff can only recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of his adversary. It is sufficient for the defendant to show title out of the plaintiff. He need... | |
 | Emory Washburn - 1876 - 838 sidor
...dower.1 It is in general use in some form in this country, and by it the plaintiff recovers, if at all, upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of the tenant, since possession is deemed conclusive evidence of title as to all persons except... | |
 | Joseph Chitty, Henry Greening - 1876 - 1174 sidor
...merely a license to use land, &c. (a) 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 (J) for possession... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1908 - 604 sidor
...in ejectment or actions for the possession of real property the plaintiff must recover, if at all, upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of his adversary. It may also be conceded that in order to prove a perfect or complete paper title... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1890 - 716 sidor
...an action somewhat in the nature of an ejectment, and in every such action the rule is established that the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title. It is the right of possession, as between the the parties, that is tried, and the right of possession... | |
 | 1879 - 556 sidor
...sufficient to enable the defendants to avail themselves of their proof. In ejectment the plaintiff recovers upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of thnt of his adversary. The plaintiff declared generally upon his title without setting out the particulars.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1879 - 696 sidor
...sufficient to enable the defendants to avail themselves of their proof. In ejectment, the plaintiff recovers upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of his adversary. The plaintiff declared generally upon his title, without setting out the particulars.... | |
 | William Wait - 1879 - 1002 sidor
...and must be better than that of the defendant. If their rights are equal, the action will not lie, as the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and cannot rely upon the weakness of the defendant's title (Davidson v. Waldron, 31 HI. 120; Mulligan v.... | |
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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... 
