Thompson v. Hebel

Plaintiff sued the defendant for slander of title and the latter answered by setting up title in himself. In con*290sequence of this answer the defendant has changed the suit to a petitory action in which he becomes plaintiff and he must, therefore, succeed on the strength of his own title and not on the weakness of his adversary’s 27 A. 307; 32 A. 613; 12 A. 576; 33 A. 250; 40 A. 558; 46 A. 564; 35 A. 355.

The facts are as follows:

On the 23rd October, 1890, one Alfred Thompson, the father of plaintiff, acquired by an act under private signature from the “Society for the relief of Destitute Orphan…