The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-12
ENGLISH LAW AND EQUITY REPORTS.


To tho Legal Profession.
THE FIRST YEAR OF the publication OF the
| l. English Reports in L.G,o and Equity closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
paratc parts will be discontinued 1t is found that
| the second part of each volume follows rapidly
after the first, that the advantages OF publishing
by parts unimportant. Each volume will here
after appear once in two months, in the same slze
and style as heretofore, and at the same exceed
ingly low rate of S. per volume to permanent sub
scribers.
The profession need not be reminded that this 10
the only series of Reports, either in Eng land or In
this country, which attempts to contain ALL the
decisions Of ALL the English courts In ttis series
every reported Except nisi prus declsons) 10
| given in FULL, without condensation or abridg-
| ment and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication Of the English cases:
| IL may be proper .lso to state, that in England
| there regular reporters, authorized by law
as in this country, but that each series Of Reports
is there conducted solely private enterprise,
! by private reporters. And it is believed that for
| PRoMPrNEss, ACCURACY, cLEARNEss,a land BREviTY-
| the essential requisites in any Reports-thc Law
Journal, and the Jurist Serie, not surpassed by
any rival series in England, and they have often
| been found more correct. See the Tate case %
Crotts Beale, Is Eng Rep, 4OS trtert the com
| puratire accuracy Of the La,o Journal Reports and
| the co,.tem poranfous reports Of Manning r Gran
ger, to the true pleadinss in former case, toas
directly inp0ipcd. In that case Jerpis. The ChiJ Jus
tcs of the Common Pleas, Obscrued: "H IS clear that
the plea in Sison kidInan, as reported in Man
| Grang. $40, is not correct. Iht plea, as II isre
ported in the Lao Journal Eeporfs,i Is Just asmy bro
Their lia,e supposes " In addition 10 the foregoing
| points of superiority in these Reports, they will
be found to contain many valuable cases not
| elsewhere reported, while NO CASE IN ANY other
other series will be omitted in this. Arrangements
| have been made whereby this series will contain
| all the reported cases in the Jurist and Law jour
nall in Clark aud Finnelly's Reports in the House
of Lords; K. F. Moore's Reports in the Privy
Council; the Reports of Sinous, Hare, Beavan, De
| Co nd nd OH Gordon,
| the Courts OF Equity; Adolphus and Ellis, Man.
ming, Granger and Scott, and Wc!sby Hur lstonc
and Gordon, in the Common Law Courts; also the
| Criminal Reports of Denison, Fcmplc and New,
and E. w Cox; the Admiralty Reports OF Robin
son. and the Ecclesiastical Reports OF Robcrtson
a combination of legal reports entirely unequalled
| In any country.
Additional value will also be given to this &C, les
from the fact that, hereafter, they viii be digratcG
| in the nua volumes Of tho United States Digest
| The frat six volumes vii! be contained in Vol. v.
of the Annual Digest, now in press
We also beg leave to refer the reader TO the an
ne xed recommendations.
BosroS, February, 1852.
Letters of Recommendation received from Judges Of
The United States Supreme Court.
WAsHINGTos, January 81, 1852.
GENrLEMEN: My engagements here have not
| permitted me to examine partic ularly your rcpub
| LEGATION of the English Reports in Law and Equity
| But, as far l have been able to look into them,
| they appear to be correctly and we'll executed.
And il they continue to be repubIished with the
promptncss OF the volumes already out and at the
price mentioned, they will be a great convenience
to the Bench and the Bar, and fail atrac\
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
them
| lam, with much respect, your obedient servant,
| Il. b. TANEY.
| Messrs LITTLE & BRowN.
WAsHISeToN, January 49, 1852.
Messrs LITTLE BaowS: In the prompt repub
lcaNon Of the English Reports in Law and
| Equity" you tender to the profession a most i'm
portant service. The first volume Of these Reports
| includes decided in the House of Lords,
| Privy Council, Courts OF Equity and Common Law,
| from and after MichaclInas Term, 1850; also,
| Grown Case0 Reserved, and Cases in the Eccle.
| siastical and Admiralty Cuurts." And the second
third, fourth and fifth Volumes which you have
| paoiished, include the cases decided in the above
| courts in 1851.
| These Reports, like all other works which pro.
coed from your press, are executed in most sub
stantal manner, and do credit to the enterprise OF
! the publishers. became subscribcr for them as
they were found with the booksellers in the
West, and am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP
SEss AND EXTENT OF MATTER, THEY MUST SUPER
sEDE, AT LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER ENG
LIsH REPoRTs OF LATE DECISIONS.
! Very respectfully, your obcdicnt servant,
JOHN MCLEAN.
! WAsHINeroN, January 26, 1852
| Messrs. LITTLE & RaowS: | think you have laid
| the profession under great obgat tons, in the re-
| publication Of the "English Reports in Law anc
| Equity" in this country.
The low price at which the volumes are offered
will bic the bar gene rally in this way to fur.
nsh their libraries with the current English Re
ports, of which many Of them have heretofore been
| deprived. They will thus have a ready acccs' t,
! the decisions Of courts sitting at the fountain
head of the law whence have been derived, for tho
most part, the several systens, inore or less modi
fed, daily administered by the courts of this coun
try. And, however modified these systems may
/ hat do. >iat,lD fala
great Il ght upon the investigation OF most Of the
| cascs arising here.
Your plan, also, will furnish the profess in
| this country with the IMMEDIATELY Aztec
THE PUBLIC ALTON IN EseLAsD, coNsIDERArios
OF THE FIRST IMPoRTANCE; for, if the Reports o
cases decided are Of any value, the sooner they
are in the hands Of the profession the better:
sincerely hope your encouragement from the ba
will be commensurate with the merit Of the enter
prise.
am, with great respect, your obediont servant
SAMUEL NELSON.
WAsHINGroN, January rs, 1852.
Messrs LITTLE & BRowN-- Gentlemen: by you
publication of the English Law and Equity lie
ports, think an important benefit is conferred OF
the legal profession in this country. The fidelity
with which these Reports appear to have been thu
far made, their compact and convenient arrange
ment, their carly publication, bringing down tn
far within those of any Court in our own coun
try, together with their cheapness, ought to b.
sufficient recommendations to insure their genera
use.
With great respect, am your obedient servant
: B. R. CURTIS.
WAsHNeroN, SUPREME CouRT ROOM,
February II, 1852.
| GESTLEMEN: have examined your repubca
, ton of the current English and Common Law
. Reports, and like very much the design and exc
cution of 1t.
Neither judge lawyer cen very we'll d
without the contemporary decisions of the Eng
lsh Courts. have found them always 30 instr az
tive and useful, that have hitherto read them i
any form in which they have been published
e Hcrel ftcr will do so in yours.
The Courts in England are daily acting upo
!, cases presenting important and also new feature,
All of US must ack knowledge that they adjud
Gated with very able and disc eliminating &C ut mes
, and with great learning.
Wishing your publication every success, ! an
gentlemen, respectfully, your ohedient servant,
JAMES M. WAYNE.
I. NTessrs LITTLE & BsowS, Boston, Massachusetts
e WAsHINoToN, January %, 1852.
o., GEnTLEMES: A publication like that in whc
?, you are engaged, Of the English Law and Char
Gerry Reports, If promptly and accurately executed
. cannot tail Of great use tunese to the profession