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CONDENSED
English Chancery Reports.


as have not been heretofore published in the United
States.
The plan of the work will be similar to the f,o,
densed Reports of Cases, decided in the Supreme
Court OF the United States, published by John Crpp
1t will be edited by Richard Peters. ESQ., Reporter OF
the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United
States.
The gentlemen of the bench and bar of the United
States have long and justly complained Of the number
and expense of law books, and particularly of tho
heavy cost at English Chancery Reports The presen,
is effort to reduce the number of volumes and %
lessen the expense of those works at least
| Much OF the matter contained the English Chan
Gerry Reports, has application to the law or the
practice of Courts, to the existing state n,
things in the United States. Cases arising out Of mo-,
tcuiar tcnures and customs upon construction al
statutes exclusively local, aud in reference %
rules of practice peculiar the Courts of EnpI.,
I'LL up large portion of the volumes of those n, nor, :
work, IN which those matters shall be expune.d,
or only preserved ny Inserting the Syabos uf ~.
Case; will MOI on this :ount, be less useful here
While it is freely conceded. that the arguments oi
able Counsel who represent the parties in the cases
decided IN the English Court of Chancery are vain.
able, both Tor their learning and inpenuitv. II ;s M,
admitted that they alu avs essential to nroner
understanding OF the decisions of the court IN ,hose
cases The points argued by the counsel if not s,at
in the opinion of the court, may be some,ines re;
ed, and reference to the authorities cited nau he
proper but more than these load the volumes. and
add very much to their cost.
In condensing the English Chsncery REPORTS r,Io,
which result from these views will be adonte3 L
constantly applied. All the of general innor
nnrlc
ton, will be inserted; emitting only the ma,,or IL,
is not essential for their perfect UNDERSTANDING 49,
use. The whole of the opinion or decision of ,I(
Chancellor Vice Chancellor i'm such c.ses ,,,t ~
given. Abstracts Of the omitted cases will bo 49,,
and reference TO the pages of the omitted VOL,
from which the cases taken, will be carefully mad
The reports with which it is intended TO berin 81,
series of condensed English Chancery ReDoS,s Wy
those OF Messrs. Simons & Stuart, COMMENCING j.
1871, and containing in two volumes the casec de.;
,ed m the ViceCha 1Gellors Courts from that nerio
| 10 NhepM Mr. Simon ba1a sl,a eoro n
In the same volume will be ii-,uded the 2ud of Ar
Russells Reports of decided in the High cour,
OF Chancery, in the years 1926, and 1927. The Isl,
volume of Mr.. RusselPs Reports has already bean 20
published in this Country. and may be procTred of ,h
principal booksellers in the United States
The second volume of the condensed English Chan.
Gerry Reports will contain the 1st and End simon
Reports OF cases in the Vice Chancelol's court, and
! Sd. and 4h Russells in the High Cour, OF
Cnancery thus bringing down the whole series of De-
csions to 1928 inclusive.
The subsequent volumes will contain the whole n
the alter Chancery Decisions in the High Court nj
Chancery in the Vice-Chancellor's Court condensed
they will be published here, Immediately after ,bc;,
appearance in England.
The first volume of the work will be nut to prcss
without delay and will be published early in the an
preaching Spring. As a limited number of comic
viii only be printed, those who wish TO possess this
valuable york, can secure copy by early subscrp
ton.
The price, subscribers, will be IS 90 per volume
handsomely bound in calf Nou- SUBSCRIBERS, IS >;
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feb Agen, for the Work for Virgin;
NlRGiNiA;-At Superior Court of CHANGER,
holden at the Capitol, in the city of Richmond
the third day Of April. 1880: Damaris TAYLOR pltf
against Joseph Dudley adm'or, with the will annexed
OF Edmund Taylor, deed, and in his own right and
George Be-, Virginia NJ. Edmund W.. and theodore
V. Taylor, infant children OF the said Edmund Tsvlnr
deed. defts,
! THIS cause came this day TO be heard on the bill
taken for confessed and eXhibits was argued BY
the plaintiffs counsel: On consideration whereof .bs
court doth order, tina: the defendant Joseph Dudley
render an account of his administration of the estate
OF his tesa'or, before of the commissioners who
rs directed to examine, state and settle the same and
make report thereof to the court with any matters
specially stated, deemed pertinent by himself or
which may be required by the parties TO be so
! n copy Teste, WILLIAM 6. PESnLEToS, &C.