The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-19
ENGLISH LAW AND EQUITY REPORTS.


yINilE FIRST YEAR of the publication Of tho
Il English Reports in La'o and Equity closes
with the sixth volume Hereafter this series WIFE
be published only polumes, and the issue OF Sc
pa rate parts will be discontinued 1t 10 found that
the second part Of each volume follows so 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 S z per volume to permanent sub
scrbeTs.
The profession need not be reminded that this 10
the only series Of Reports, either in England or In
this country, which attempts 10 contain ALL the
decisions Of the English courts. In tt ID seres
every reported case Except prius decisons( 10
given in FULL, without condemnation or abridg
nent, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication OF the English cases.
Ii may be proper also to state, that in England
there arc no regular reporters, authorized by law,
in this country, but that each series Of Reporis
is there conducted solely as private enterprise,
by private reporters. And il Is believed that Tor
! PHoMPrNEss, ACCURACY, cLEARNEss, and BREviTY-
the essential requisites in any Rcports-the Law
Journal and the Jurist Seriea are not surpassed by
any rival series in England, and they have often
been found correct. See The late case ~
Crofs Beale, g Eng Rep fOs,) 'ohere he COM
paratioe accuracy Of the Ld'o Journal Reports and
The contsmporaseous reports of Manning q Gran
ger, as TO the true pteGdngs IN former case, ,cds
directly inpolped In that case, Jeos. the ChiJ J''s-
| lice Of The Common Pleas, observed: "H is ci,d hhof
Ute plea IA Sison Us. kidman, ar reported IN Nlan
& Grang. $40, is not correct. The plea, as IL is,e
ported in the La,o Journal Reports, is Just dsmy bro
tter MaAe 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 CASE IN ANY other
other scres will be omitted in this Arrangements
| have been made whereby this series will contain
all the reported cases in the Jurst and Law Jour
nal; in Clark and Fnnelly's Reports i'll the House
| of Lords F. +. Moore's Reports in the Privy
| Council; the Reports of Simons, Hare Beavan, De
! Gex and Small, and Macnaghtcn and Gordon 10
| the Courts of Equity; Adolphus and Ellis Man
ming, Granger and Scott, and Welsby, Huristone
and Gordon, in the Common Law Courts; also the
| Criminal Reports of Denson, Temple and New,
and T.. w. Cox; the Admiralty Reports Of Robin
son, and the Ecclesiastical Reports of Robertson
a combination of legal reports entirely unequaiicd
| in any country.
Additional value will also be given to this scries
from the fact that, hereafter, they will be digsstcd
in the annual volumes of the United States Dgcsl.
| The first six volumes will be contained in Vol. V.
| of the Annual Digest, now in press.
We also beg leave to refer the reader to the
| ncxed recommendations.
| BosToN, February, 1852.
Letters of Recommendation received from Judges Of
the United States Supreme Court
WAsHINGToN, January u, 1852.
| GENTLEMEN: My engagements here hive
permitted me to examine particularly your repub-
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 well executed.
| And if they continue to be rcpublshed with the
promptness of the volumes already out, and at the
price mentioned, they will be great convenience
to the Bench and the Bar and cannot fail to attracN
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
them.
! am, with much respect, your obcdient servant.
II. b. TANEY.
| Mcssrs. LITTLE BRowN.
WAsHINeToN. January 10, 1852.
| Mcssrs. LITTLE BRowS: In the prompt repub
LEGATION of the "English Reports in Law aud
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 Nlichaelmas Term, 1885, also.
.'Crown Cases Reserved, and Cases in the Eccle-
| siastcal and Admiralty Courts" And the second.
third, fourth and fifth volumes, which you have
! 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 the enterprise of
the publishers. became a subscriber for them
they were found with the booksellers in the
West, and am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP
NEss AND EXTENT Or MATTER, THEY MUST SUPER
! SIDE, AT LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER Eng
| IIsH REPORTS OF LATE DECISIONS.
Very respectfully, your obedent servant
| JOHN MCLEAN