 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1812 - 516 strani
...the legal certainty of the complainants' entry. Pursuing the principle that a plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's, the defendant has not entered into any discussion relative to the sufficiency of his... | |
 | William Selwyn - 1812 - 732 strani
...legal estate cannot prevail in a court of law (-1). The plaintiff in ejectment must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of the defendant*. Possession gives the defendant a right against every person who cannot shew a good... | |
 | William Ballantine - 1812 - 272 strani
...OT P0SSESSI0N. RIQHTS of entry are tried in ejectment, in which action the plaintiff recovers on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of the defendant;(a) he recovers a possession ; and the right to that possession, since the statute of... | |
 | New Jersey. Supreme Court - 1839 - 658 strani
...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 case. The plaintiff makes... | |
 | South Carolina. Constitutional Court of Appeals - 1823 - 512 strani
...the long established, and universally prevailing, rule of law, that the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of his adversary. I am sensible of the difficulty which will accrue to purchasers, at sheriff's sales, by this decision... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, Henry Blackstone - 1827 - 764 strani
...title stands on these pleadings. Now, though it be a general rule that the PlaintifFmust rest on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of his adversary, yet here the rule seems to be inverted; the Defendant not having traversed the Plaintiff's title, but... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1833 - 1020 strani
...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 possession will suffice against a party who acquired... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - 1836 - 602 strani
...action of ejectment. In that action it is a well known principle, that the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of his adversary. This principle applies here. The plaintiff must show a clear chain of title, valid and legal in every... | |
 | Sir Edward Coke, John Henry Thomas - 1836 - 772 strani
...privity of the mortgagee. Ketch v. Hall, Dougl. 21. The plaintiff in ejectment, also, must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of the defendant ; for possession gives the defendant a right against every man who cannot shew a good... | |
 | Archibald John Stephens - 1842 - 1072 strani
...recovered, an equitable title not being deemed sufficient The plaintiff in ejectment must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of the defendant. (6) Possession gives the defendant a right against every man who cannot shew a good... | |
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... must recover, if at all, upon the strength of his own title and not on the weakness of that of his adversary. 
