 | Herbert Broom - Legal maxims - 1852 - 616 pages
...Francis, Max. 5. 2 Doct. & Stud. 9. " I take it to be a sound ajd nncontroverted maxim of law, that every plaintiff or demandant in a court of justice...This is a maxim of common justice as well as of law." Per Parker, CJ Goodwin T. Hubbard, 15 Tyng., R. (US) 204. 3 2 Bla. Com. 196. . 4 Hobart, 103, 104;... | |
 | Herbert Broom - Legal maxims - 1874 - 880 pages
...(d); Francis Max. 5. 1 Doct. & Stud. 9. "I take it to be a sound and uncontroverted maxim of law, that every plaintiff or demandant in a court of justice...unable to show any. It is enough for the latter that ho is in possession of the thing demanded until the right owner calls for it. This is a maxim of common... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 866 pages
...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 a maxim, will be found upon examination... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1918 - 1336 pages
...March 8, 1918.) 1. EJECTMENT <8=>9(3)— SUFFICIENCY OF TITLE. Plaintiff in ejectment can recover only upon the strength of his own title, and not because of the weakness of defendant's title. 2. APPEAL AND ERROR <©=»1052(8), 1068(31— HARMLESS ERROR — APPELLANT NOT ENTITLED... | |
 | Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 1040 pages
...case, since the plaintiff, in an action to quiet title, as in a suit in ejectment, must obtain relief upon the strength of his own title, and not because of the weakness of the title of his adversary. (Blodyett v. MoMurlry, 39 Neb., 210.) The evidence fails to support the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 1228 pages
...case, since the plaintiff in an action to quiet title, as in a suit in ejectment, must obtain relief upon the strength of his own title, and not because of the weakness of the title of his adversary. Blodgett v. MeMurtry, 39 Neb. 210, 57 NW 985. The evidence falls to support... | |
 | New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division - Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 1192 pages
...adjudicate upon the question of the title to real property. In ejectment plaintiff must recover, if at all, upon the strength of his own title, and not because of the weakness or want of title in defendant. (Roberts v. Baumgarten, supra) The judgment appealed from must bo reversed... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 1284 pages
...substantially the same as in the ordinary action of ejectment, the plaintiff must recover, if at all, upon the strength of his own title, and not because of the weakness of that of his adversary. (Syllabus by the Court.) Commissioners' Opinion. Appeal from District Court, Antelope County; Boyd,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 1132 pages
...9*)— TITLE то SUPPOBT ACTION. In an action of complaint for land, the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not because of the weakness of that of the defendant in possession. [Ed. Note.— For other cases, see Ejectment, Cent. Dig. Î 18 ; Dec.... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 1280 pages
...9*)— TITLE то SUPPORT ACTION. In an action of complaint for Innd, the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not because of the weakness of that of the defendant in possession. [Ed. Note.— For other cases, see Ejectment, Cent. Dig. § 18 ; Dec.... | |
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I take it to be a sound ajd nncontroverted maxim of law, that every plaintiff or demandant in a court of justice must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not because of the weakness of that of his adversary ; that is, he shall not recover... 
