Title by possession
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 2 U.S. 1 - Miller v. The Ship Resolution · 1781Most cited · 21 citing opinions
against all but right owner
A title thus traced is a good one, in a court of common law, except in a single case: it is a good title against all the world except the right owner.
How often courts cite the case defining “Title by possession”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Title by possession” — 21 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.