...was doubtful ; and, therefore, that the lessor of the plaintiff could not recover, as he must rely upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of the defendant : and the Court would not feel inclined to disturb a possession of seventeen...

...infant defendants are denied the benefit of a full defence. — ib. 513 17. A plaintiffin equity, must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of defendant. — Joutlnitn Jlntonea el al., Trustees of Ike Church of the Holy Conception, in...

...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 for...

...involving the title of the appellee; for as we have before shown, the plaintiff, in an ejectment suit, must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of his adversary's Toa, 1857.] Sweeden vs. The State. title, and that a defendant need not attempt to show title at ,...

...But in actions of ejectment and in actions for the recovery of personal property, the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of his adversary, when the title is put in issue. Patterson v. Fowler, 22 Ark., 396 ; J)ixon v....

...as would enable him to sustain the action ; for the familiar rule requires, that the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of his adversary. Did the plaintiff show such title as would authorize a recovery ? All the conveyances...

...possession of it from the defendant? In our judgment he did not, inasmuch as the plaintiff was bound to recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of the defendant's title. 2. It was insisted, however, in view of the facts of this case as disclosed...

...else than the plaintiff. This is also excepted to. It is true, that in ejectment the plaintifl relies upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of his adversary's. But if, as here, the plaintiff shows a good title — if he produces a grant and a chain of title to...

...R.. p. 232 ; Shirk's Leaf T Smith, 5 Ohio R., p. 455; Stuart's Lessee v. Parish, fi OAin R., p. 47& A plaintiff in ejectment can only recover upon the strength of his own title.— Adair v. Lolt, 3 Hill, 182. (1843.) When an ejectment is served on a tenant who does not notify hia...

...this charge, the plaintiff in error has excepted. It is true, that the plaintiff in ejectment must recover upon the strength of. his own title, and not upon the weakness of his adversary's, and hence it is a general rule, that the defendant may defeat his recovery, by showing an outstanding...