 | Alabama. Supreme Court, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - 1836 - 602 стор.
...action is in the nature of an action of ejectment. In that action it is a well known principle, that the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of his adversary. This principle applies here. The plaintiff must show a clear chain of title,... | |
 | William Mawdesley Best - 1837 - 140 стор.
...which belonged to his ancestor. In ejectment it is a general principle that a party must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's, and consequently when an ejectment is brought by a person as heir at law, he must establish, first,... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court, Merritt M. Robinson - 1842 - 704 стор.
...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 стор.
...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.... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1856 - 792 стор.
...that plaintiff must ncm-cr on strength of hit own title. — Although, in equity, as well as at law, a plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the defendant's ; yet it is not necessary that he should show a good title against all the world, but... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1859 - 796 стор.
...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... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1853 - 672 стор.
...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 defendant's, is applicable to all actions for the recovery of property. But if the plaintiff had... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - 1854 - 784 стор.
...is a general rule in all these actions, as we have already remarked in respect to Ejectments, that the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his...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... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1854 - 756 стор.
...• Jlrt. 2. — Of evidence far the defendant in ejectment. 3674. The principle already stated, that the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of his adversary, is so firmly established, that but little can be said about the evidence required... | |
 | John Adams - 1854 - 734 стор.
...J., delivering the opinion of the court ; Colston v. M' Kay, 1 Marsh. (Ky.) Rep. 251. 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 plaintiff whom he has... | |
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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... 
