Griffin v. Harrison

Citations

• 52 Miss. 824

Syllabus

<p>1. CHANCERY Court Practice : Bill to remove cloud from title.</p> <p>The statute in reference to the removal of clouds from titles enlarges the principle upon which courts of equity were accustomed to administer relief. It is an established rule, both in courts of law and equity, that a party must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of that of his adversary. He who comes into equity to get rid of a legal title, which is alleged to overshadow his own, must show clearly the validity of his own title, and the invalidity of his opponent’s. A court of equity will not set aside a legal title on a doubtful state of case.</p>