 | Iowa. Supreme Court - 1879 - Broj stranica: 760
...competition, and that, in consequence thereof, the sale is invalid. As the plaintiff in this action must rely upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of defendant's title, it becomes necessary to examine this defense. The evidence shows quite satisfactorily that plaintiff... | |
 | 1879 - Broj stranica: 556
...sufficient to enable the defendants to avail themselves of their proof. In ejectment the plaintiff recovers upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of thnt of his adversary. The plaintiff declared generally upon his title without setting out the particulars.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1879 - Broj stranica: 696
...sufficient to enable the defendants to avail themselves of their proof. In ejectment, the plaintiff recovers upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of his adversary. The plaintiff declared generally upon his title, without setting out the particulars.... | |
 | William Wait - 1879 - Broj stranica: 1002
...and must be better than that of the defendant. If their rights are equal, the action will not lie, as the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and cannot rely upon the weakness of the defendant's title (Davidson v. Waldron, 31 HI. 120; Mulligan v.... | |
 | 1893 - Broj stranica: 2192
...supreme court of the United States that in cases of this character, as in all other cases of ejectment, the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of defendants. Eeynolds v. Mining Co., 116 US 688, (3 Sup. Ct. Rep. 601 ; Doolau v. Can-, 125 US 029,... | |
 | Chauncey F. Black, Samuel B. Smith - 1881 - Broj stranica: 556
...speaking for the court : " It is undoubtedly true, as a general rule, that the claimant in ejectment must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of his adversary's, and that it is a sufficient answer to hi« action to show title out of him and in... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1883 - Broj stranica: 1240
...unimportant to be considered, unless Pollard's was a 'new grant,' since it is an undisputed principle, that the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of his adversaries. " We have taken this view of the case referred to, with the most profound respect... | |
 | Timothy Walker - 1882 - Broj stranica: 850
...One of the elementary principles in the action of ejectment, is, that the plaintiff must rely solely upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of the defendant's title. The reason is, that actual possession is primd facie evidence of title, and... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - 1882 - Broj stranica: 1160
...resulting from possessions without title. A general principle controlling in actions of ejectment is that the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not on the defects in that of his adversary. We first enquire whether, in view of this general rule,... | |
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... the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of the title of the defendant. 
