Case Name: Floyd et al. v. Bell
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1947-04-19
Citations: 202 Ga. 269
Docket Number: No. 15767
Parties: Floyd et al. v. Bell.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 202
Pages: 269–269

Head Matter:
Floyd et al. v. Bell.
No. 15767.
April 19, 1947.
Rehearing denied May 16, 1947.
D. W. Krauss, for plaintiffs.
Gowen, Conyers & Dickey, for defendants.

Opinion:
Wyatt, Justice.
"A plaintiff in ejectment must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the defendant's title." Code, § 33-101. Taken as a whole, the evidence adduced on the trial of this ejectment suit was too vague and indefinite to show title in the plaintiffs, by virtue of inheritance, through parties dying years ago; and the trial court did not err, at the conclusion of evidence offered by both sides, in directing a verdict for the defendant, who, according to the plaintiffs' evidence, had been in possession of the premises for a long number of years prior to the institution of the suit. Anderson v. Robinson, 75 Ga. 375 (2).
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.