The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-02
ENGLISH LAW AND EQUITY REPORTS.
To the Legal Profession,

be published only IN ooltn,es, and the issue of
parate parts will be discontinued. II is found that
the second part OF each volume follows 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
lngiy low rate OF 81 per volume to permanent sub
sCribers. ...'
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 ALI the English courts In this series
every reported case Except nsi prius dccisons) 10
given In FULL, without condensation or abridg-
ment, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication Of the English cases.
10 may be proper slso to state, that in England
there are no regular reporters, authorized by law
as IN this country, but that each series of Repor Ia
Is there conducted solely rs private enterprise,
by private reporters. And it Is believed that for
the essential requisites in any Reports-the Law
journal, and the Jurst Series are surpassed by
any rival series in England, and they have often
been found more correct. See the late of
paratice accuracy Of the Lao Journal Reports, and
the contemporanrotis reports Of Manning S Gran
ger, as 10 The true psadingS in former case, tpas
directly tnooiUed In that case, Jeruis. the Chi Jus
ttcc9 The Common Pleas, OGserued 'H is clear that
The plea ~ Sison Us. Kidman, as reported in Man
Grang. $40, is not correct. The plea as il is re
ported an hs LaD Journal Reports, just asmy bro
thcr hau!e suPposes " In addition TO the foregoing
DO 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
ali the reported cases in the Jurist and Law Jour
nal; in Clark and Finnelly's Reports in the House
of Lords; Z. +. Moore's Reports in the Privy
Council; the Reports of Simous, 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, Hurlstone
and Gordon, in the Common Law Courts; also the
Criminal Reports of Denison, Temple and New,
and f. w. Cox; the Admiralty Reports of Robin
son, and the Ecclesiastical Reports of Robertson
n combination Of legal reports entirely unequalled
n any country.
Additional value will also be given to this series
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 to the an
neNed recommendations.
BosToN, February, 1852.
Letters Of Recommendation received from Judges of
the United States Supreme Court.
WAsHINsToN, January 81, 1852.
GENTLEMEN: My engagements here have not
permitted Inc to examine particularly your repub-
LEGATION OF the English Reports in Law and Equity
But, ns far as / have been able to look into them,
they appear to be correctly and we'll executed
AND II they continue to be republishcd with the
promptness of the volumes already out, and at the
price mentioned, they will be great convenience
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. TANEY.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN
WAsHINaToE, January l9, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE s. BRows: 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
"Crown Cases Reserved, and Cases in the Eccle-
siastical ana Admiralty Courts" And the second
third fourth and fifth volumes, which you have re.
published, include the cases decided in the above
courts in 1851.
These Reports, like all other works which pro.
ceed from your press, are executed in most sub
stanial manner, and do credit to the enterprise of
the publishers became subscriber for them as
soon they were found with the booksellers in tho
West, and am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP
NESS AND EXTENT OF MATTER, THEY MUST SUPER
sEnE, AT LEAST IL THIS COUNTRY ALL OTHER ENc
LIsH REPORTS OF LATE DECIsipSs
Very respectfully, your obcdient servant,
JOHN MCLEAN.
WASHINGTON, January %, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN: | think you have laid
the profession under great obligations, in the re-
publication OF the "English Reports in Lawand
Equity" in this country.
The low price at which the volumes ire offered
will enable the bar generally in this way To fur
nlsh 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 been derived for the
most part the several systems, more or lcss modi
hed daily administered by the courts of this coun-
try. And, however modified these systems NAV
be, 1t is manifest 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 IMMEDIATELY ArryR
THE PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLAND, coNsIDERATIoN
OF THE FIRST IMPORTANCE; for, if the Reports Of
cases decided are of any value, the sooner thew
are in the hands Of the profession the better. !
sincerely hope your encouragement from the bar
VIII be commensurate with the merit of the enter.
prise
lam, with great respect, your obediont servant,
SAMUEL NELSON
WAsHINGToN, January 26, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowNL- Gentlemen: Nv vour
publication of the English Law and EQUITY Re.
ports, think an important benefit is 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
ment, their early publication, bringing down the
decisions OF all the important Courts to pe,iod
far within those Of any Court in our own co,n.
try, together with their cheapness, ought TO be
sufficient recomme ndations to insure their general
use.
With great respect, l am your obedient servant
b! X. CURTIS.
WAsHINeToS, SUPREME CoURr 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 can very we'll do
without the contemporary decisions of the Eng
i5h 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 so in yours.
The Courts in England daily acting upon
cases presenting important and also new features
All OF US must acknowledge that they are adiud-
Gated with very able and discriminating acueness,
and with great learning.
Wishing your publication every success I am.
gentlemen, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES NJ. WAYNE.
Messrs LITTLE & BRows, Boston, Massachusetts.
WAsHINGToN, January 2S, 1852
GEETLEmEN: publication like that in which
you are engaged, of the English Law md Chan.
Gerry Reports, If promptly md accurately executed,
cannot fail OF great usefulness to the profession
including both the Bench and the Bar. The work,
so far as you have proceeded in it, appears to be