The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-14
ENGLISH Law AND EQUITY REPORTS.
To the Legal Profs.sion.


THE FIRST YEAR of the publication of the
4 English Reports in Latc and Equity closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
DC published only tn uolumes, and the issue of
parate parts Will be discontinued. II is found that
the second part Of each volume follows 80 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
scribers.
The profession need not be reminded that this ID
the only series of Reports, either in England or in
TINS country, which attempts to contain ALL the
decisions of ALL the English courts In Il is series
every reported case Except nis pris decisons) is
given in FULL, without condensation or .abridg-
ment, 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 are no regular reporters, authorized by law,
as in this country but that each series of Reports
Is there conducted solely as private enterprise,
oy private reporters. And II 10 believed that for
pRoMPTNEss, ACCURACY, cLEARNEss, land REvIrY--
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
Crofs us Beale, Is Eng Rep, 40S,) pchert the com
Parahue accuracy Of the Lao Journal Reports, aud
tas |eontemPoranfous reports Of Manning r Gran
Sn, as 20 s true Pleadings IN Former case. .oas
arecLy nuotued IN hatcGse Jerois, the Chief Jus
nceg ne Common Pleas, observed: "h is clear that
The plea IN Sison %. Kidman, as reverted IN Man.
Grang. $40, is not correct. The plea, a. Il Is re-
portsdin the Law Journal Reports, is Just az my bro
Mer Mauls supposss" In addition to the foregoing
points of superiority in these Reports, they win
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. F. Moore's Reports in the Privy
Council; the Reports Of simons, Hare, Beayan, De
Cay md Inn nd acrhf md ord 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 Z. W. Cox; the Admiralty Reports of Robin
son, 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 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
nexcd recommendations.
BosToN, February, 1852.
Letters of Recommendation received from Judges Of
The United States Supreme Court
WAsHINsToN, 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 DC correctly and well executed
And If they CONTINUE to be republished with the
proihptnesS of the volumes already out, and at the
price mentioned, they will be great convenience
to the Bench and the Bar and fail to attract
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
them.
] am, with much respect, your obedient servant,
r. B. TANEY.
Messrs. LITTLE & BaowN.
WAsHINoToN, January 10, 1852.
Meesrs. LITTLE & BRowN: 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 decided in the House of Lords,
Prvy Council, Courts of Equity and Common Law,
from and after Michaelmas Term; $780,; also,
"Crown Cases Reserved, and Cases in the Eccle-
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 cub
stantial manner and do credit the enterprise of
the publishers. ! became a subscriber for them as
soon as they found with the booksellers in the
West, and / am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP
NEss AND EXTENT OF MATTER, THEY MUST SUPER
sEDE, AT LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER ENG
LIsA REPoRTs OF LATE DECISIONS
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN MCLEAN.