| 1827 - 932 pages
...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... | |
| Alabama. Supreme Court, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - 1840 - 816 pages
...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... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1844 - 800 pages
...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 for... | |
| Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1858 - 764 pages
...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 show title at ,... | |
| Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1876 - 738 pages
...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.... | |
| Alabama. Supreme Court - 1848 - 918 pages
...enable him to sustain the action ; for the familiar rule requires, that the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of his adversary. Did the plaintiff show such title as would authorize a recovery ? All the conveyances... | |
| Georgia. Supreme Court - 1882 - 874 pages
...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... | |
| Georgia. Supreme Court - 1852 - 666 pages
...else than the plaintiff. This is also excepted to. It is true, that in ejectment the plaintifl relies upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of his adversary's. But if, as here, the plaintiff shows a good title — if he produces a grant and a chain of title to... | |
| Simon Greenleaf - 1854 - 784 pages
...mortgagee upon the mortgage.' § 331. As the claimant in ejectment, or other real action, can recover only upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of the tenant, the defence will 1 Thunder v. Belcher, 8 East, 449 ; Keech v. Hall, 1 Doug. 21... | |
| North Carolina. Supreme Court, Hamilton Chamberlain Jones - 1855 - 512 pages
...defendant out, and put him in possession of the land sued for; hence the rule, " the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title and not upon the weakness of that of the defendant." Two exceptions are made. 1st. Where the plaintiff's lessor is a purchaser at... | |
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