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" A plaintiff in ejectment must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of his adversary's... "
Mississippi Reports ... Being Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court ... - Page 287
by Mississippi. Supreme Court - 1921
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A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, Volume 2

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...
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Reports of Cases at Law Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court ..., Volume 2

North Carolina. Supreme Court, Hamilton Chamberlain Jones - Law reports, digests, etc - 1855 - 512 pages
...the defendant out, and put him in possession of the land sued for; hence the rule, " the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title and not upon the weakness of that of the defendant." Two exceptions are made. 1st. Where the plaintiff's lessor is a purchaser at sheriff's...
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Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Argued and Determined in the ..., Volume 17

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...
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Reports of Cases in Law and Equity in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 25

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....
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court and in ..., Volume 3

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...
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A Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State of ..., Volume 2

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...
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Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in ..., Volume 9

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,...
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Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Florida, Volume 9

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...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 32

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...
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Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in ..., Volume 35

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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