 | 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... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1852 - 664 strani
...requested by defendants, it is my duty to instruct you that the plaintiff's lessor must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's — he must show title in himself, or he cannot recover. A principal question in this case is : Is... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - 1854 - 784 strani
...actions, as we have already remarked in respect to Ejectments, that the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's ; and that he must show, that he has the legal interest, and a possessory title, not barred by the... | |
 | William Tidd - 1856 - 976 strani
...(ee) 2 Durnf. & Ea«t, 684. (/) 8 Durnf. & East, 2. [A] The plaintiff in ejectment must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's. Eldan v. Doe, 6 Blackf. Rep. 341. Huddlestou v. Garrctt, 3 Humph. 629. Winn v. Cole, Walker, Rep. 119.... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1907 - 710 strani
...and unimproved. This court has frequently held that the plaintiff in ejectment must recover on the strength of his own title and not on the weakness of his adversary's title. Boyer v. Thornburg, 115 I11. 540; Terhune v. Porter, 212 id. 595. It is conceded by both parties... | |
 | Joseph Goodeve - 1862 - 776 strani
...materiality, in such a case (as well suggested by Mr. Norton*) the plaintiff having to succeed on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's, the deeds could be hardly either material or relevant to the case of the plaintiff. In the instance of... | |
 | Sir Charles Edward Pollock - 1868 - 906 strani
...applicable to cases of ejectment between landlord and tenant. In all other cases the plaintiff in ejectment must recover upon the strength of his own title and not on the weakness of the defendant's (u), and he must prove either a title by estoppel or a legal right to actual possession.... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1869 - 696 strani
...legally resisted the plaintiff's demand, simply on the ground of being the defendant, and by the maxim that a plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not by the weakness of the defendant's. The widow and children make no opposition ; they have made... | |
 | Charles Edward Pollock - 1870 - 950 strani
...applicable to cases of ejectment between landlord and tenant. In all other cases the plaintiff in ejectment must recover upon the strength of his own title and not on the weakness of the defendant's (a), and he must prove either a title by estoppel or a legal right to actual possession.... | |
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The rule that a plaintiff in ejectment must recover upon the strength of his own title and not on the weakness of his adversary's... 
