 | Charles James Foster - 1885 - 458 str.
...maxim so much relied on in the Court below — that a plaintiff in ejectment must succeed, if at all, upon the strength of his own title and not on the weakness of the defendant's title. He admits that. He must prove his title. He claims to be permitted to prove... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1885 - 692 str.
...95 ; Deputy v. Mooney, 97 Ind. 463. Because, in such cases, the plaintiff's right to recover depends upon the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness or want of title in the adverse party. As to the last objection, it was recited in the sheriff's return... | |
 | Arthur George Sedgwick, Frederick Scott Wait - 1886 - 956 str.
...Smith, Cro. Jac. 311. § 57. General principles. — It is also a fundamental rule that the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness or imperfections of the defendant's title. He must ordinarily show a legal title, with a present right... | |
 | 1886 - 866 str.
...statute regulating the action of ejectment. It may seem to conflict with that legal truism, that the plaintiff in ejectment must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not because of the weakness of his adversary's; but this principle, which has acquired the force of... | |
 | 1886 - 898 str.
...protect himself in his possession by showing an outstanding title in another, upon the principle that the plaintiff in ejectment must recover upon the strength of his own title. This rule is as ancient as the action itself, and has its origin in the just presumption that the party... | |
 | Joseph Vere Woodman - 1887 - 710 str.
...purchased by him from Government, the suit is in the nature of an ejectment suit, and the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of his adversary. It is immaterial in such a case to consider whether or not the land is the property... | |
 | John T. Cook - 1885 - 874 str.
...plaintiff that the proceedings were regular enough to create a forfeiture to the State, A demandant must recover upon the strength of his own title and not on the •weakness of the tenant's. Still, a demandant may recover if he has merely a better title than the tenant. In such... | |
 | Robert Stewart Morrison - 1887 - 780 str.
...ever made a formal location of their c'aims. These instructions are in conflict with the principle that a plaintiff in ejectment must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of his adversary. Judgment reversed, and cause remanded for a new trial. ENGLISH... | |
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The rule that a plaintiff in ejectment must recover upon the strength of his own title and not on the weakness of his adversary's... 
