The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-09-03

ENGLISH LAW AND EQUITY REPORTS.
TO. tn. legal Profession.
TINE FIRST YEAR Of the publication of the
i English Reports in LaU and Equity closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
be published only in uoumes, and the issue OF Sc
parate parts will be discontinued. II Ia found that
the second part Of each volume follows 30 rapidly
after the first, that the advantages OF publishing
by parts are unimportant. Each volume Will here
after appear once in two months, In the same size
and style as heretofore, and at the same exceed
ingly low rate of 81 ervolume 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 ALL the English courts In tbs series
every reported case Except nisi prtus decisons 10
given in FULL, without condemnation or abridg-
ment, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication of the English cases;
1t may be proper lao to state, that in England
there regular reporters, authorized by law
in this country, but that each series of Reports
10 there conducted solely as private enterprise'
by private reporters. And it 10 believed that Tor
the essential requisites in any Reports-the Law
Journal, and the Jurst Series, are not surpassed oy
any rival series in England, and they have OFTEN
been found more cerrect See the late case OF
y.
paraiiue accuracy Of the Lao Journal Rep0rts and
the eontsmpor0ne0us reports Of Manning q Gran
ger, 10 the true pieadings III former case, .Das
directly inUoiued. In hatcass, Jsruis, Tie CJ Jus,
tice Of The Common Pleas, Observed: 'N - clear that
TIE plea ia Sison Kidman, az reported tn Man.
& Grang. slO 10 not correct The plea, as is re-
ported the Lap Journal Rrports is just asmy bro
ther MauIe supposes In addition to the foregoing
points of superiority in these Reports, they Will
| be found to contain many valuable cases not
| elsewhere reported, while NO CASE In AMY 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-
nal; in Clark and Finnellys Reports In the House
| of Lords; E. F. Moore's Reports in the Priyy
! Council; the Reports of simons, Hare, Beavan' De
Gex and Small, and Macnaghten and Gordon, in
the Courts of Equity; Adolphus and Ellis, Man
ming, Granger and Scott, and Welsby, Hur lstone
| and Gordon, in the Common Law Courts; also the
Criminal Reports Of Denison, Temple and New
and E. " Cox; the Admiralty Reports OF Robin
| con, and the Ecclesiastical Reports OF Robertson
a combination of legal reports entirely unequalled
| in any country. H
Additional value will also be given to TINS series
from the fact that hereafter they will be diRested
in the annual volumes Of the United States Digest.
| The first six volumes will be contained in VOL V.
of the Annual Digest; howcia pFess.
We also beg leave to refer the reader TO the an
| nexed recommendations.
BosToN, February, 1852.
Letters Of RECOMMENDATION received from Judges Of
| he United States supreme Court.
| WAsHINaToN, January 81, 1852.
| GENrLEmEN: My engagements here have not
permitted me to examine particularly your, rePub-
| LEGATION of the English Reports in Law and Equity
But, as far rs have been able to look into them,
! they appear to be correctly and well executed
And if they continue to be republished with the
promptness of the volumes already out, and at the
| price mentioned, they will be great conv eheuce
to the Bench and the Bar, and cannot fail to attran
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
! them.
lam, with much respect, your obedient servant,
| R. Il. TANEY.
| Messrs. LITTLE & Brown.
WAsHINaroN, January l9, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE l. BRows: In the prompt repub
| LEGATION 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
Privy Council Courts OF Equity and Common Law,
| from and after Michaenas Term, 1850; also,
| "Crown Cases Reserved and Cases in the Eccle-
siastical and Admiralty Courts" And the second,
third, fourth and fifth Volumes which you have O.
published. Include the cases decided in the above
| courts in 1851. ..s g..
| These Reports, like all other works which pro-
coed from your press, are e3sSuted In most sub,
the publishers. l became subscriber for them as
soon they found with the booksellers in the
West, and | am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP
| NEss AND ExTENT OF MATTER, THEY MUST SUPER
| SIDE, AT LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER ENG
LIsH REPORTS OF LATE DECISIONS.
! Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
| JOHN MCLEAN.
| WAsHINaroN, January rs, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE BRowN think you have laid
the profession under great obligations, in the
| 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
| nsh their libraries with the current English Re-
ports, of which many Of them have heretofore been
deprived They will thus have a ready access to
| the decisions of courts sitting at the fountain
head Of the law whence have beer derived, for the
most part, the several systetfs. more Or less modi-
fed, daily administered ~ the courts of this coun-
| try. And; however modified these systems may
be, 1t is manifest that these decisions must shed
great light upon the investigation of most of the
cases arising here.
| this country with the cases IMMEDIATELY AFTER
| THE PUBLICATION IN ENsLAND, A CONFEDERATION
| OF FIRST IMpoRTANcE; for, if the Reports of
| cases decided are of any value, the sooner they
are in the hands of the profession the better
sincerely hope your encouragement from the bar
will be commensurate with the merit of the enter
prise.
lam with yoS1 GSGdi ont,
| WAsHINGToN, January rs, 1852.
| Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN-- Gentlemen: BY your
publication of the English Law and Equity Re-
the legal profession in this country. The fidelity
with which these Reports appear to have been thus
| far made, their compact and convenient arrange
ment, their early publication, bringing down the
| decisions Of all the important Courts to a period
| far within those of any Court in our own coun-
try, together with their cheapness, ought to be
sufficient Recommendations to insure their general
| use.
With great respect, am your obedent servant
b. R. CURTIS.
| WAsHINaTos, SUPREME CoURT Room,
| February II, 1852.
| GENTLEMEN: have examined your republica
ton of the current English and Common Law
Reports, and like very much the design and exc
| cution oft.
Neither judge nor lawyer very we'll de-
without the contemporary decisions of the Eng
lish Courts. have found them always 30 instruc
tive and useful. that have hitherto read them II
any form in which they have been published
| Hereafter will do SO in yours.
| The Courts in England are daily acting upol
cases presenting important and also new features
All of US must acknowledge that they are adjudi
Gated with very able and discriminating acuteness
and with great learning
Wishing your publication every success, am
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