The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-14
ENGLISH Law AND EQUITY REPORTS.


ENGLISH Law AND EQUITY REPORTS.
To the Legal Profession.
THE FIRST YEAR Of the publication of the
J. English Reports in Latc and Equity closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
be published only in sOiumes. and the Issue Of se-
parate parts will be discontinued 1t 10 found that
the second part of each volume follows rapidly
after the frat, that the advantages Of publishing
ny parts are unimportant. Each volume will here
after appear once in two months, in the same size
and style heretofore, and at the same exceed
ugly low rate of ~ per volume TO permanent sub
scribers.
The profession need not be reminded that this is
the only series of Reports, either in England or in
this country, which attempts to contain ALL the
decisions Of the English courts In Il is series
every reported Except miss rius decisions) is
given in FULL, without condemnation or abrdg-
nent, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication of the English cases.
II may be proper -iso to state, that in England
there regular reporters, authorized by law
in this country, but that each series Of Reports
is there conducted solely as private enterprise,
by private reporters. And it is believed that for
PRoMPrNEss, ACCURACY, cLEARNEss, and BREvrrY-
the essential requisites in any Reports-the Law
Journal and the Jurst Series, not surpassed by
any rival series in England, and they have often
been found more correct. See the late case of
Crofts us BeaIe, Is Eng. Rep. 40S,) ,Ohere the
payatipe accuracy Of the Lao Journal Reports. and
the contsmpovassous reports Of Manning + Gran
ger, as TO the true pleodings IN former case ,Das
directly iuvOlued In that case yervts the Chief Jus
tice Of the Common Pleas 0bssrvsd: IN IL clear that
the plea u Sson Kidman, a. reported in 3 Man.
Il Grang. SlO 10 not correct The plea, az IL is re
ported in the La,c Journal Rports is just my bro
ther Mauie supposes {" In addition to the foregoing
points of superiority in these Reports, they viii
be found to contain many valuable cases not
elsewhere reported, while NO ANY other
other series will be omitted in this. Arrangements
have been made whereby this series will contain
all the reported cases in the Juris and Law Jour.
nal; in Clark and Finneliy's Reports in the House
of Lords; E. F. Moore's Reports in the Privy
Council; the Reports of Simons. Hare, Beavan, De
Gex and Small, and Macnaghten and Gordon, in
the Courts Of Equity; Adoiphus and Ellie, Man.
ming, Granger and Scott, and Welsby, Hurlstone
and Gordon, in the Common Law Courts; also the
and E. w Cox; the Admiralty Reports of Robin
son, and the Ecclesiastical Reports of Robertson
combination Of legal reports entirely unequaIled
in any country.
from the fact that hereafter they will be digested
in the annual volumes OF the United States Digest
The fret six volumes will be contained in Vol. V.
of the Annual Digest, now in press.
We also beg leave to refer the reader 10 the an
nexed recommendations.
BosroN, February, 1852.
Letters Of Recommendation received from Judges of
the United States Supreme Court
WAsHINGroN, January 81, 1852
0ENILSMEN' WY engagements mere nave not
permitted me 10 examine particularly your repub-
LEGATION of the English Reports in Law and Equity.
But. as far as have been able to look into them,
they appear to be correctly and well executed.
And II they continue to be republished with the
promptncss of the volumes already out, and ut the
price mentioned, they will be great convenience
to the Bench and the Bar and cannot fail to attract
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
them.
am, with much respect your obedient servant,
r. b. fancy
Messrs LITTLE & BRowN.
WAsHINeroN, January 10, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN: In the prompt repub
LEGATION Of the English Reports in Law and
Equity" you tender to the profession most i'm
pOrtant service. The first volume of these Reports
includes cases decided in the House of Lords
Privy Council. Courts of Equity and Common Law,
from and after Michaelmas Term, 1850; also,
Grown Cases Reserved, and Cases in the Ecce-
siastical and Admiralty Courts" And the second.
third, fourth and fifth volumes, which you have re-
published, include the decided in the above
courts in 1851.
These Reports, like all other works which pro-
coed from your press, are executed in a most sub
stantal manner, and do credit to the enterprise of
the publishers. became q subscriber for them az
soon they we're found with the booksellers in the
West, and am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP
NESS AND EXTENT OF MATTER, THEY MUST SUPER
sEDE, AT LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER Eng
LIsH Reports OF LATE DECISIONS
Very respectfully, your obedicnt scrvant,
JOHN MCLEAN.
WAsHIseToN, January 26, 1852.
Meesrs. LITTLE 4 BRowN: ! think you have laid
the profession under great obligations, in the re.
publication Of the "English Reports in Law and
Equity" in this country.
The low price at which the volumes are offered,
will enable the bar generally in this way to fur
nish their Libraries with the current English Re-
ports, of which many of them have heretofore been
deprived They will thus have ready Acces. to
the dec sions of courts sitting at the fountain
head Of the law, whence have been derived for the
most part, the several systems, more or less modi-
fed, daily administered by the courts of this coun-
try. And. however modified these systems may
be, ii is manifcst that these decisions must shed
great light upon the investigation Of most of the
cases arising here.
Your plan, also, will furnish the profession in
this country with the cases iMMEpIArxLy AFTER
THE PUBLICATIONS IN EseLAND. coNsiprRATIos
OF THE FIRST IMPORTANCE; for, If the Reports Of
cases decided arc of any value, the sooner they
are in the hands Of the profession the better 1
sincerely hope your encouragement from the bar
will be commensurate with the merit Of the enter.
prise.
am, with great respect, your obcdiont servant,
SAMUEL NELSON
WAspIsoros, January 26, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE BnowN- Gentlemen: By your
publication Of the English Law and EQUITY Re-
ports, think an important benefit il conferred on
the legal profession in this country The fidelity
with which these Reports appear to have been thus
far made, their compact and convenient arrange
inent, their early publication. bringing down the
decisions Of all the important Courts 10 period
far within those Of any Court in our own coun.
try, together with their cbeapncss. ought to be
sufficient recommc ndations to insure their general
use.
With great respect, am your obcdcnt servaut,
Il. r. CURTIS.
WAsHiseroS, SUPREME CounT ROOM,
February II, 1852.
GENTLEMEN: have examined your rcpubIica.
ton OF the current English and Common Law
Reports, and like very much the design and exc.
cution oft.
Neither judge nor lawyer can very well do
without the contemporary decisions of the Eng
lish Courts. have found them always so instr,,e.
tive and usc!ul, that have hitherto read them in
any form in which they have been published
Hereafter will do so in you're.
The Courts in England arc daily acting upon
cases presenting important and also new features
All OF us must acknowledge that they are adiudi.
Gated with very able and disc irninat &C uteness
and with great learning.
Wishing your publication every success, am,
gentlemen, respectfully, your obcdent servant,
JAMES M. WAYNE
Mcssrs LITTLE & Baews, Boston, Massac husctts