| Simon Greenleaf - Evidence (Law) - 1854 - 784 pages
...mortgagee upon the mortgage.' ยง 331. As the claimant in ejectment, or other real action, can recover only upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of the tenant, the defence will 1 Thunder v. Belcher, 8 East, 449 ; Keech v. Hall, 1 Doug. 21 ; Jackson... | |
| Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1856 - 736 pages
...either of them, are bound by said admissions, if any such was made. 2nd. The Court charges you, that a plaintiff in ejectment, must recover upon the strength of his own title, not upon the weakness of his adversary's title. But the Court charges, that a party deriving a title... | |
| Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1858 - 710 pages
...presumption growing out of the defendant's possession, and operate to controvert the plaintiff's title. The plaintiff in ejectment must recover upon the strength of his own title, and the defendant may always controvert it, unless his relation to the plaintiff is such as to estop him.... | |
| Hiram Denio - Law reports, digests, etc - 1859 - 652 pages
...title to the grantee ; but he would still be bound to execute a deed to the redeeming creditor. As the plaintiff in ejectment must recover upon the strength of his own title, it makes no difference where the title is, so long as it is out of him. The defendant is always presumed... | |
| Henry Jacob Labatt - Law reports, digests, etc - 1861 - 486 pages
...plaintiff's action. Hart v. Burnett, 15 Cal. 516. 41. The general rule that, in ejectment, the claimant must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of his adversary's, and that his action will be defeated if defendant shows title out of him, and in a... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1848 - 660 pages
...would be in palpable violation of the well settled doctrine that a plaintiff in ejectment can only recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of his adversary's, to refuse the defendant the privilege of destroying the plaintiff's claim to recovery,... | |
| Florida. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1861 - 596 pages
...of Apalachicola vs. Apalachicola Land Co., 340. 5. The rule that a plaintiff in ejectment must rely upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of his adversary's title, is not to be understood as requiring that he shall be compelled, in the first... | |
| Vermont. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1861 - 922 pages
...presumption? and, 2d, if he can, did the evidence offered tend to prove the fact to be presumed ? 1st. The plaintiff in ejectment must recover upon the strength of his own title, not upon the weakness of his antagonist's. He must prove under the general issue that his own title... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1866 - 670 pages
...MOST RECOVER ON THE STRENGTH OF HIS OWN TITLE. 3. A plaintiff in ejectment must recover, if at all, upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of the defendant's. Marshall et ai v. Barr, 106. SERVICE OF PROCESS. See PROCESS, 2, 3, 4, 5. NEW TRIAL... | |
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