The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-12-08
ENGLISH Law AND EQUITY REPORTS.


ENGLISH LAW AND EQUITY REPORTS.
To the Legal Profession.
THE FIRST YEAR of the publication Of the
English Reports in Law and Equity closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
be published only in U0lumes, and the issue OF Sc
parate parts will be discontinued II is found that
the second part of each volume follows SO rapidly
after the fret, 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 50 per volume to permanent sub
| scribers -an
The profession need not be reminded that this is
the only series of Reports either in England in
this country, which attempts to contain ALL the
decisions Of ALL the English courts. In IT, series
every reported case Except nisi rius decsions) 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 'lso to state, that in England
there are regular reporters, authorized by law,
as in this country but that each series OF Reports
is there conducted solely as private enterprise,
by private reporters. And it is believed that for
pRoAPTNEss, ACCURACY, oLEARNEss, and BREviTY-
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
Crofts Beale, 60 Eng Rep, 4Os, } ,ohers the
paratiue accuracy Of the Lao Journal Reports, and
the contemporansous reports Of Manning r Gran
ger, as to The true pieadings in former case ,oas
tice Of the Common Pleas obserosd: at is clear that
The plea ia Sison Kidman, as reported in Man.
Grang. $40, is not correct. The plea, as ii is re
ported in the Laio Journal Reports, is just my bro
ther Mdule supposes" In addition to the foregoing
points Of superiority in these Reports, they will
be found to contain many valuable cases not
have been made whereby this series will contain
all the reported cases in the Jurst and Law Jour
nal; in Clark and Finnelly's Reports in the House
lnf TnrAa. in he Dr,,y
Council; the Reports of Siinons, 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 E. W. Cox; the Admiralty Reports of Robin
son, and the Ecclesiastical Reports OF Robertson
combination of legal reports entirely unequalled
Additional value will also be given to this series
from the fact that hereafter, they will be dgested
in the nual 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 O.,
the United States Supreme Court.
WAsHINsToN, January q, 1852.
, | GENTLEMEN: My engagements here have not
:, permitted me to examine particularly your repub
lication OF the Err :ish Reports in Law and Equity
. But, far as have been able to look into them
they appear to be correctly and well executed
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 atrac,
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
them.
lam, with much respect, your obedient servant
: r. b. TANEY.
; Messrs. LITTLE BRows.
WAsHINaroN, January l9, 1882
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN: In the prompt repub
LEGATION of the "Engsh Reports in Law and
, Equity" you tender to the profession a mostim
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 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.
coed from your press, are executed in a most sub
stantal manner, and do credit to the enterprise OF
the publishers. ! became n subscriber for them az
soon as they we're found with the booksellers in the
MESS AND EXTENT OF MATTER, THEY MUST SUPER.
sEDE, AT Least IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER ENG.
LIsH REPORTS OF LATE DECISIONS
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
r JOHN MCLEAN.
WAsHINGToN, January 26, 1852.
j
the profession under great obligations IN the re.
publication of the "English Reports in Law a nd
Equity" in this country.
The low price Mt which the volumes are offered
will enable the bar generally in this way to fur
hish 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-
fed daily administered by the courts of this coun-
Ard tEal
be, it 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 AFTER
THE PUBLICATION IN ENoLAND, CoNsIpERA TON
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.
SAMUEL NELSON.
WAsHINGToN, January %, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE & 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 cong pact and convenient arrange
ment, their early publication, bringing down the
decisions of all the important Courts to a period
far within those of any Court in our own coun-
Try, together Win tnelr Cneapness, ought TO be
sufficient recommendations to insure their general
use.
With great respect, am your obedient servant
B. r. CURTIS.
wAsHrseTos, SUPREME Counr Room,
| February II, 1852.
GRNTLEMEH: 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 we'll dc
without the contemporary decisions of the Eng.
lish Courts. have found them always 30 instr uc-
tive and useful that l have hitherto read them in
any form in which they have been published
Hereafter ] will do so in yours.
The Courts in England daily netting upon
cases presenting important and also new features
All Of us must acknowledge that they are adjudi-
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