...Joseph Wilson, for her dower, as the widow of Ward Wilson the mortgagor. And the argument is, that the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own...title and not on the weakness of his adversary's. But I do not see the application of this rule to the present case. The plaintiff makes out aprima fade...

...It has been long and well established as a rule of law and equity,1 that a party must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's title. In order to uphold and support an entry, 'it is incumbent on the party claiming under it, to...

...opinion the motion should be rejected. BREVARD, J. The plaintiff must recover in this action on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's. It was contended for the plaintiff. 1st. That on the death of Mrs. Honald in 1786, the estate did not...

...estate to the plaintiff in his own right, and ii cannot support his action; he must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's, * and his title must be a legal title, and not only a legal title, but he must establish a right in...

...to the Title, it should HTY. seem 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...

...another's title, he shall not be permitted to do it. That the plaintiff, in ejectment, must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversaries, is undoubtedly true in general. But in a case like the present, he would recover, not...

...which belonged to his ancestor. In ejectment it is a general principle that a party must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's, and consequently when an ejectment is brought by a person as heir at law, he must establish, first,...

...partakes much of the character of a petitory action. In such an action, the plaintiff must succeed upon the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's. " If the First Municipality cannot, as I conceive, be considered as standing in the shoes of the original...

...universally acknowledged and recognized principle, that the plaintiff in ejectment must recover on the strength of his own title and not on the weakness of his adversary's. See Adams on Eject. by Tillinghast, p. 33, and Note 1, and authorities cited; Eason vs. Doe, 6 Blackf....

...it was incumbent on the plaintiff to show a legal title in himself, for he can recover only on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of his adversary's. Thai a subsequent deed recorded within twelve months after it •was made, took precedence of a prior...