 | 1827 - 932 페이지
...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 years, unless... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - 1840 - 816 페이지
...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 Spanish... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1844 - 800 페이지
...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... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1876 - 738 페이지
...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. Thatcher,... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1858 - 764 페이지
...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... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1848 - 918 페이지
...enable him to sustain the action ; for the familiar rule requires, that the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of his adversary. Did the plaintiff show such title as would authorize a recovery ? All the conveyances which... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1882 - 874 페이지
...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... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1881 - 768 페이지
...5. When plaintiff may recover.— In ejectment, or the corresponding statutory action, the plaintiff must recover, if at all, upon the strength of his own title — mast show iu himself n present right of entry and possession, without regard to the character of... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1852 - 664 페이지
...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... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1895 - 792 페이지
...of the property as against the lien of the plaintiff. Id. 5. In an action of replevin, the plaintiff must recover, if at all, upon the strength of his own title or right of possession. Uphamv. Caldwell, 264. 6. Where, at the time, of the execution of the writ... | |
| |
The question remains whether the. plaintiff has made out his title; for he must recover (if at all) upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of his adversaries. 
