Well! this _ae facto_ occupancy he has lost; another is invested with it: possession is in the hands of this new-comer.

Now, is not this a case for the application of the principle, _In_ _pari causa possesser potior habetur_?
Should not the actual possessor be preferred to the evicted possessor?
Can he not meet the complaint of his adversary by saying to him: 'Prove that you were an annual possessor before me, for you are the plaintiff.

As far as I am concerned, it is not for me to tell you how I possess, nor how long I have possessed.

_Possideo quia possideo_.

I have no other reply, no other defence.