In pari delicto melior est conditio possidentis
In pari delicto melior est conditio possidentis. When the parties areequally in the wrong, the condition of the possessor is better. 11 Wheat.258; 3 Cranch 244; Cowp. 341; Broom's Max. 325; 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3724.