The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-18
ENGLISH Law AND Eaurrx REPORTS.

ENGLISH Law AND EauITx REPORTS
r. TO til. Legal profss.ion. .
THE FIRST YEAR Of the publication Of thu
l. English Rsporfs IN Lao and Equity closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series viii
be published only IN volumes, and the issue Of Sc
the second part of each volume follows 90 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 per volume to permanent sub.
scriberB.
The profession need not be reminded that this il
the only deries Of Rspore, either in England or in
this country, which attempts to contain ALL tie
every reported 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.
there are regular reporters, authorized by law
as in this country but that each series Of Reports
10 there conducted solely private enterprise,
BY private reporters. And it 10 believed that for
the essential requisites in any Reports--th Law
Journal and the Jurst Series are not surpassed by
any rival series in England, and they have often
been found more correct See the 0late case Of
Sfoto % ocuIc, 70 EuR. neps fOo,l DneTe Ne cum
parative accuracy Of the Lao o,unal Reports. and
the contsmporGnsous reports Of Manning + Gran
ger, as 10 the true peadings ~ former case, soas
directly inuolued In that case, syuis, tie Cief Jus.
the plea ia Sison o. Kidman, a. reported in Man,
Grang. $40, is not correct The Plea, as IL Is re.
ported IN tie La,o Journal Keports Is just asy bro
tier Mcuie suppose" In addition to the foregoing
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
nal; in Clark and Finnelly's Reports in the House
Of Lords; E. F. Moore's Reports in the Privy
Council; the Reports Of Snons, 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 E. w. Cox; the Admiralty Reports Of Robin
son, and the Ecclesiastical Reports of Robertson
a 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 digested
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.
uexed recommendations.
BosToN, February, 1852.
Letters Of Recommendation rsceiced from Judges of
the United States Supreme Court.
WAsHINaToN, January q, 1852.
GENTLEMEN: My engagements here have not
permitted me to examine partic ularly your repub-
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 we'll executed.
And if they continue to be republished with the
promptness of the volumes already out, and at the
to the Bench and the Bar and cannot fail to atracl
their attention. l take pleasure in recommending
them.
am, with much respect, your obedient servant,
r. B. TANEY.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN.
WAsHINaToN, January l9, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE & BaowN: 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 md Common Law,
from and after Michaelmas 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.
stantial manner and do credit to the enterprise Of
the publishers. ! became a subscriber for them as
they were found with the booksellers in the
w est, and am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP.
sEDE, At LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER ENG
LIsH REPoRTs OF LATE DECISIONS.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN MCLEAN.
WAsHINeroN, January 26, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE BRowN: 1 think you have laid
the profession under great obligations, in the re-
publication Of the "Euglish Reports in Law and
Equity in this country:
will enable the bar generally in this way to fur.
nish 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 less modi-
fed daily administered by the courts of this coun-
try. And, however modified these systems may
be, it ia 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 AFTER
THE PUBLICATION IN ENaLAND, CONSIDERATION
oF THE FIRST IMPoRTANcE; for, If the Reports of
cases decided 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.
am, with great respect, your obediont servant
SAMUEL NELSON.
WAsHINaToN, January rs. 1852
Mcssrs. 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
nent, their carly publication, bringing down the
decisions Of all the important Courts to period
far within those of any Court in our own coun-
Try, together with their chenpness, ought to be
sufficient recommendations to insure their general
use.
With great respect, am your obcdient servant
b. r. CURTIS.
WAsHINGToN, SUPREME CoURT Room,
February II, 1852.
GENTLEMEN: have examined your republica.
ion 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 we'll do
without the contemporary decisions of the Eng
sh Courts. have found them always so inetruc.
live and useful, that have hitherto read them in
any form in which they have been published
Hereafter l will do 80 in yours.
The Courts in England are daily acting upon
cases presenting important and also new features
All of us must acknowledge that they arc adiudi-
Gated with very nblc and disc Eliminating &C uteness
and with great learning.
Wishing your publication every success, I am,
gentlemen, respectfully, your obcdicnt servant,
JAMES NJ. WAYNE.
Messrs LITTLE & BRowN, Boston, Massac husetts