The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-17
ENGLISH LAW AND EQUITY REPORTS.


ENGLIsH LAW AND EQUITY REPORTS.
.. To tho Legal Profession. eb
yVHE FIRST YEAR of the publication Of the
i EngIish Reports in LssO and Equity closes
with the sixth volume Hereafter this series will
be Published only in coiumes, and the issue Of Sc
parate parts will be discontinued. II 10 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 volume to permanent sub
scrbers. -. q.
The profession need not be reminded that this lie
the only series of Reports, either in England or IN
this country, which attempts to contain ALL the
decisions Of ALL English courts. In this series
every reported Except nsi prius decisions) Is
given in FULL, without condemnation or abridg-
ment, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication OF the English cases.
It may be proper ,lso to state, that in England
there are no regular reporters, authorized by law,
in this country, but that each series Of Reports
is there conducted solely a private enterprise,
by private reporters. And it is believed that for
PRoMPrNEss, ACCURACY, cLEARNEss, land BREvITy-'
the essential requisites in any Reports-the Law
any rival series in England, and they have often
been found more correct. See the late case Of
Crofts Beale, Is Eng Rep, 4O6,) tchert the CON-
the eontsmporanfous reports of Manning f. Gran
ger, as to the pLeadings IN former case,
directly inpoIped In thatcase, Jerpis, the Chief jus
tice Of ie Common Pleas, observed: III Is clear that
the plea ia Sison Us. Kidman, as reported IN Man.
& Grang. 3d. is not correct. The plea, as IL is re
ported in the Lato Journal Reports, is Just as my bro
ter Nfauie 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 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
nal; in Clark and Finnelly's Reports in the House
OF Lords; E. +. Moore's Reports in the Privy
Council; the Reports Of simons, Hare, Beavan, De
Gex and SnaIl, and Macnnghten and Gordon, in
the Courts OF Equity; Adolphus and Ellis, Man
ming, Granger and Scott, and Wesby, 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
a combination of legal reports entirely unequallcd
IN any country. .-.- ....,...a .. 49,. ~. ..
Additional value will also be given TO this series
from the fact that, hereafter. they will be dgested
in the annual volumes Of the United States Digest
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 an.
nexed recommendations.
BosroN, February, 1852.
Letters of Recommendation received from Judges Of
he United States Supreme Court.
WAsHINsToN, January q, 1852.
GENTLEMEN: My engagements here have not
permitted me TO examine particularly your repub-
LEGATION of the Err ish Reports in Law and Equity.
they appear to be correctly and we'll 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 convenience
to the Bench and the Bar, and cannot fail to attra
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
them.
am, with much respect, your obedient servant,
..... r. b. TANEY.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN.
WAsHINGroN, January 10, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN: In the prompt repub
lication of the English Reports in Law and
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 Michaelmas Term, 1850; also,
siastical and Admiralty Courts" And the second,
third, fourth and fifth volumes, which you have
published, 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.
santia manner, and do credit to the enterprise of
the publishers. ! became a subscriber for them as
they were found with the booksellers in the
West, and am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP
MESS AND EXTENT OF MATTER, THEY MUST SUPER
SIDE, AT LHAsr IN THIS COUNTRY, AL OTHER ENG
LIsH REpoaTs OF LATE DECISIONS.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant.
JOHN MCLEAN.
WAsHINeToN, January 26, 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,
nish their libraries with the current English Re-
ports, of which many of them have heretofore been
deprived They will thus have ready access to
the decisions of courts sitting at the fountain
head Of the law, whence have been derived, for the
most part, the several systems, more less modi-
ned, daily administered by the courts of this
try. And. however modified these systems may
be, it Is manifest that these decisions must shed
great light upon the investigation of most of the
caaes arising here. .....,...
Your plan, also, will furnish the profession in
this country with the cases IAMRDIArELY AFTER
THE PUBLICATIONS IN ENaLAND, coNsIpERATIoN
OF THE 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
with syX eSs[ qsfTdi sEIsoS
WAsHINsToN, January 26, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN- Gentlemen: BY your
publication of the English Law and Equity Re-
ports, think an important benefit is conferred
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 period
try. together with their cheapness, ought TO be
sufficient recommendations to insure their general
With great respect, am your obedient servant
B. R. CURTIS.
wAsHlsoroN, SUPREME Couar Room,
February II, 1852.
GENTLEMEN: l have examined your rcpublca.
ton Of the current English and Common Law
Reports, and like very much the design and exc.
cution oft.
Neither judge nor lawyer very well do
without the contemporary decisions of the Eng
iish Courts. have found them always 30 instruc-
tive and useful that have hitherto read them in
any form in which they have been published.
Hereafter will do 30 in yours.
Tho Courts in England daily acting upon
ases presenting important and also new fcaturcs.
All OF US must ack knowledge that they adjudi-
Gated with very able and discriminating acuteness
and with great learning.
Wishing your publication every success, am,