 | John Adams - 1821 - 474 Seiten
...set up a title in a third person against the purchaser. Jackson v. Bush, 10 Johns. 223. The rule that a plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own...title, and not on the weakness of the defendant's, does not apply against a plaintiff who was fraudulently induced by the defendant to purchase a weak... | |
 | South Carolina. Constitutional Court of Appeals - 1823 - 512 Seiten
...title. It would be reversing the long established, and universally prevailing, rule of law, that the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of his adversary. I am sensible of the difficulty which will accrue to purchasers, at sheriff's... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - 1825 - 838 Seiten
...Plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title. The claimant in ejectment must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the defendants, for the possession of the latter gives him a right against every one •who cannot establish... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - 1831 - 788 Seiten
...and ouster, as part of his case. Doe v. Lamble, 1 if. and if. 237. Proof of a efficient title.'] The plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the defendant's. Martin v. Struck/in, 5 TR 107 (n). Twenty years adverse possession, since the statute of limitations,... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - 1836 - 602 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Frederick Watts, Henry Jonathan Sergeant - 1842 - 614 Seiten
...the defendant himself, or some other person. It is true, a plaintiff in ejectment must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the defendant's. It is all important that neither of us should be carried away by the appeals of counsel, or sympathy... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1856 - 792 Seiten
...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 it is enough... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1897 - 880 Seiten
...^Dismukes, 104 Ala. 520; Thompson v. Acree, 69 Ala. 178. 2. In a suit in ejectment as in this case, the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title and not on the weakness of his adversary. — 1 Brick. Dig. 630, § 76; 3 Brick. Dig. 325, § 38. In an action of ejectment based... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1852 - 664 Seiten
...there was no such person, his title is without foundation ; still, as has been already stated, the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title and not on the weakness of his adversary's. The person in possession has the right to hold against the whole world, except against... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1853 - 672 Seiten
...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 actual prior possession... | |
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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... 
