 | United States. Supreme Court - 1882 - 784 sidor
...It has been long and well established as a rule of law and equity, that a party must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's title. In order to uphold and support an entry, it is incumbent on the party claiming under it, to... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1883 - 686 sidor
...Ib. 5. Evidence. — Claimant's Title. — One who seeks to recover real estate must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's. Cm v. Sash, 519 RECEIVER. 1. Appointment. — A receiver may be appointed, if the facts justify it,... | |
 | 1884 - 1002 sidor
...sustaining an action of ejectment in favor of the latter and against the former. In such an action the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the defendants' title. Gardiner v. Tisdale, 2 Wis. 152. The finding of fact that the lands in question... | |
 | 1884 - 628 sidor
...in her mind, it is a matter of indifference who else is intended, as a plaintiff in ejectment is to recover upon the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's, and in that case the judgment below must be reversed. Frank P. Pritchard (with whom was William W.... | |
 | 1913 - 1154 sidor
...however remotely connected with the allottee as heir, under the rule that the plaintiff was recovering upon the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's title? [1] It Is admitted by counsel for plaintiff in error that the marriage between William Wea and... | |
 | 1901 - 1164 sidor
...government had nothing to convey to a homestead claimant; and as the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's title, it would follow that defendant would be entitled to judgment, leaving it unnecessary to determine... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1884 - 1108 sidor
...record of which was given in evidence by the defendants. In ejectment the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary. Eldon v. Doe, 6 Blackf., 344. The judgment or decree of the court having jurisdiction is... | |
 | 1886 - 932 sidor
...His OWN TITLE— STALE CLAIM. It is a familiar principle a plaintiff in ejectment must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary. It is no matter whether the title is in defendant or not; if it is in any one other than... | |
 | Arthur George Sedgwick, Frederick Scott Wait - 1886 - 956 sidor
...v. Wellington, Cro. Jac. 166. § 57. General principles. — It is also a fundamental rule that the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness or imperfections of the defendant's title. He must ordinarily show a legal title, with a present right... | |
 | 1886 - 1058 sidor
...them, the action could not be maintained. In such an action, the plaintiff must recover, if at all, upon the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the defendant's title. It is an action to try the title and right to the possession of land. More accurately,... | |
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The rule that a plaintiff in ejectment must recover upon the strength of his own title and not on the weakness of his adversary's... 
