 | William Ballantine - 1812 - 272 str.
...OT P0SSESSI0N. RIQHTS of entry are tried in ejectment, in which action the plaintiff recovers on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of the defendant;(a) he recovers a possession ; and the right to that possession, since the statute of... | |
 | William Selwyn - 1812 - 732 str.
...legal estate cannot prevail in a court of law (-1). The plaintiff in ejectment must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of the defendant*. Possession gives the defendant a right against every person who cannot shew a good... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Thomas Sergeant, William Rawle - 1820 - 610 str.
...be residing on land at the time of application for a warrant. Lane v. Reynard. 65 6. 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 pl.iintiff "whom he has... | |
 | John Adams - 1821 - 474 str.
...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... | |
 | South Carolina. Constitutional Court of Appeals - 1823 - 512 str.
...chain of title. It would be reversing the long established, and universally prevailing, rule of law, that the plaintiff must recover on the strength of...and not on the weakness of that of his adversary. I am sensible of the difficulty which will accrue to purchasers, at sheriff's sales, by this decision... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, Henry Blackstone - 1827 - 764 str.
...title stands on these pleadings. Now, though it be a general rule that the PlaintifFmust rest on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of his adversary, yet here the rule seems to be inverted; the Defendant not having traversed the Plaintiff's title, but... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - 1831 - 788 str.
...entry, 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... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1833 - 1020 str.
...that the modern practice narrows the maxim, that the lessor of the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of his adversary, for (at least prima facie) mere proof of priority of possession will suffice against a party who acquired... | |
 | Sir Edward Coke, John Henry Thomas - 1836 - 772 str.
...privity of the mortgagee. Ketch v. Hall, Dougl. 21. The plaintiff in ejectment, also, must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of the defendant ; for possession gives the defendant a right against every man who cannot shew a good... | |
 | Archibald John Stephens - 1842 - 1072 str.
...recovered, an equitable title not being deemed sufficient The plaintiff in ejectment must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of the defendant. (6) Possession gives the defendant a right against every man who cannot shew a good... | |
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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... 
