 | Henry Roscoe - 1825 - 838 strani
...of the crown after an adverse possession of sixty years, does not give a title. (J~) The rule that the plaintiff in ejectment must recover upon the strength of his own title, is qualified in its application to the case of landlord and tenant, for a tenant who has come in under... | |
 | 1827 - 932 strani
...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 strani
...HOLY 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 strani
...considered, 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 strani
...involving the 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 strani
...414. But in 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 - 1893 - 776 strani
...any title to plaintiff. As in ejectment, or in the corresponding statutory real action, the plaintiff must recover -upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of defendant's, when no relation exists creating an estoppel of defendant's denial of plaintiff's title,... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1882 - 874 strani
...possession 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 - 664 strani
...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... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1853 - 782 strani
...title in a third person; and to this charge, the plaintiff in error has excepted. It is true, that the plaintiff in ejectment must recover upon the strength...title, and not upon the weakness of his adversary's, and hence it is a general rule, that the defendant may defeat his recovery, by showing an outstanding... | |
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In Sousa v. Pereira, 132 Cal. 77, [64 Pac. 90], it was held that "The plaintiff in ejectment must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of his adversary's... 
