| 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
...hi* Law of Vendors, 364. examined, and questioned. Id. SO 6. It is a rule, both 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. Watt* v. Lindsey's heirs, 158. 161 7. The decree must conform to the allegations in the pleading*,... | |
| 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... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1822 - 666 strani
...La-u. of Viniiors, 3f'4. examined, «nd questioned Id. 50 6. It is u rule, both of \\\\- and equity, that a party must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the we.iknere of his adversary's. Waili v. Lindsey't heirt, 158. 101 7. The decree must conform to the... | |
| South Carolina. Constitutional Court of Appeals - 1823 - 512 strani
...opinion the motion should be rejected. BREVARD, J. The plaintiff must recover in this action on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's. It was contended for the plaintiff. 1st. That on the death of Mrs. Honald in 1786, the estate did not... | |
| 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 himself,... | |
| 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... | |
| Louisiana. Supreme Court, Merritt M. Robinson - 1842 - 704 strani
...much of the character of a petitory action. In such an action, the plaintiff must succeed upon the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's. " If the First Municipality cannot, as I conceive, be considered as standing in the shoes of the original... | |
| Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1858 - 764 strani
...universally acknowledged and recognized principle, that the plaintiff in ejectment must recover on the strength of his own title and not on the weakness of his adversary's. See Adams on Eject. by Tillinghast, p. 33, and Note 1, and authorities cited; Eason vs. Doe, 6 Blackf.... | |
| Georgia. Supreme Court - 1859 - 796 strani
...it was incumbent on the plaintiff to show a legal title in himself, for he can recover only on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's. Thai a subsequent deed recorded within twelve months after it •was made, took precedence of a prior... | |
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