 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1812 - 516 strani
...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 claim to the land... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1816 - 694 strani
...LINDSCY'S Heirs and Others. Feb. 10th. It is a rule at law, and in equity, that a party must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's title. To support an entry, the party claiming. under it must show that the objects called for are so described,... | |
 | New Jersey. Supreme Court - 1839 - 658 strani
...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 out aprima fade... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Thomas Sergeant, William Rawle - 1820 - 610 strani
...be residing on land at the time of application for a warrant. Lane v. Reynard. 65 6. In ejectment a plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the defendant's. But a defendant cannot avail himself of this rule against a pl.iintiff "whom he has... | |
 | John Adams - 1821 - 474 strani
...up a title in a third person against the purchaser. Jackson v. Bush, 10 Johns. 223. The rule that a plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the defendant's, does not apply against a plaintiff who was fraudulently induced by the defendant to... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1822 - 666 strani
...It has been long and well established as a rule of law and equity,1 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 show that... | |
 | South Carolina. Constitutional Court of Appeals - 1823 - 512 strani
...of title. It would be reversing 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... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - 1831 - 788 strani
...entry, and ouster, as part of his case. Doe v. Lamble, 1 if. and if. 237. Proof of a efficient title.'] The plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the defendant's. Martin v. Struck/in, 5 TR 107 (n). Twenty years adverse possession, since the statute... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, George Noble Stewart - 1832 - 558 strani
...estate to the plaintiff in his own right, and ii cannot support his action; he must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's, * and his title must be a legal title, and not only a legal title, but he must establish a right in... | |
 | Jacob D. Wheeler - 1835 - 620 strani
...another's title, he shall not be permitted to do it. That the plaintiff, in ejectment, must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversaries, is undoubtedly true in general. But in a case like the present, he would recover, not... | |
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But a mere intruder cannot enter on a person actually seized and eject him, and then question his title or set up an outstanding title in another. The maxim that the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the... 
