The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-30
ENGLISH Law AND EQUITY REPORTS.


FTNHE FIRST YEAR of the publication of the
L English Reports IN Lao aud Equity closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
be published only IN pOltyaes, and the issue OF
parate parts will be discontinued. IL is found that
the second part of each volume follows so rapidly
after the hrst that the advantages OF publishing
by parts unmportant 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 80 per volume to permanent sub
scribers.
The profession need not be reminded that this 10
the only series of Reports either in England in
this country, which attempts to contain ALL the
decisions of ALL the English courts. In Il s series
every reported Except nisi prius decsions)
given in FutL, without condensation abridg-
ment, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication of the English cases.
IL may be proper elso to state, that in England
there are no regular reporters, authorized by law,
as in this country, but that each series of Reports
is there conducted solely a private enterprise,
by private reporters. And 1t 10 believed that for
PRoMPTSEss, ACCURACY, cLRARNEss, "a md b KvIrY=-
the essential requisites in any Reports--the Law
journal, and the Jurist Series not surpassed by
any rival series in England, and they have often
been found more correct. See the late case Of
Crots us Beale, g Eng Rep, 40S,) tChere the
parative accuracy Of the La,o Journal Reports and
the eontemporaneous reports Of Manning f. Gran
directly inpoiued. In that case, Jeruis the CAi Jus
csof The Common Pleas, Observed: vi u clear that
the plea IN Sison us. Kidman, rvroried in 3 Man.
Grans; $40, Is not correct The plea, a, it isre
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 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
MI; in Clark and Fnneliy's 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
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
con, and the Ecclesiastical Reports of Robertson
combination OF legal reports entirely unequalled
In any country.
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
nexed recommendations.
BosToN. February, 1882.
Letters Of Recommendation, received from Judges of
the United States Suprrme Court.
WAshiseroS, January q, 1852.
GESrLEMEN: My engagements here have not
permitted me to examine particularly Your rcpub-
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 if they continue to be repubished with the
III,
price mentioned, they will be great convenience
the Bench and the Bar and cannot fail to attrac>
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
them. .
am, with much respect, your obedient servant,
Messrs. LITTLE BRowN.
WAsHIsaroN, January 10, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE BRowN: 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
includes cases decided in the House of Lords,
Privy Council, Courts Of Equity and Common Law,
from and after Michnelmas Term, 1850; also,
"Crown CaseS Reserved, and Cases in the Eccle-
sastical and 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.
coed from your press, are executed in most sub
santial manner, and do credit the enterprise of
the publishers. ! became a subscriber for them az
soou as they were found with the booksellers in the
West, and am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP
eEpE. AT LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER Eng
LIsH REPoaTs OF LATE DECISIONS.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN MCLEAN.
WAsHINGToN, January 26, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE 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
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 been derived for the
fed, daily administered by the courts of this coun-
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
Your plan, also, will furnish the profession in
this country with the cases I'M M EpIATsLY AFTER
THE PUBLICATION IN ENoLAND, A coSsIDERArIou
OF THE FIRST IMPORTANCE; for, If the Reports of
decided of any value, the sooner thew
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.
am, with great respect, your obedont servant,
SAMUEL NELSON.
WAsHINaroN, January 26, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE Il BRowN- Gentlemen: By your
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.
ulent, their early publication, bringing down the
decisions Of all the important Courts to a period
far within those of any Court in 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.
WAsHISeToS, 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 of it.
Neither judge nor lawyer can very well do
without the contemporary decisions of the Eng
lish Courts have found them always SO 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 are daily acting upon
cases presenting important and also new features
All OF US must acknowledge that they are adjudi-
Gated with very able and discriminating acute ness
and with great learning.
Wishing your publication every success, am,
gentlemen, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES M. WAYNE
Messrs LITTLE & BRows, Boston, Massachusetts
WAsHINaToS, January %, 1852.
GENrLEMEN: A publication like that in which
you are engaged, Of the English Law and Chan.
Gerry Reports, if promptly and accurately executed
cannot fail Of great usefulness TO the profession
including both the Bench and the Bar The work