The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-19

..T To the Legal Profession.

Law AND EQUITY REPORTS.
ss..T To the Legal Profession.
THE FIRST YEAR of the publication Of the |
i EngitsA Reports IN Lao and Equity closes |
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will |
be published only in uolumss, and the issue of
parate parts will be discontinued II is found that
the second part of each volume follows 30 rapidly
after the first that the advantages Of publishing
by parts are unnportant. Each volume will here |
after appear once in two months, in the same size
and style heretofore, and at the same exceed |
ingly low rate of 50 per volume to permanent sub
scribers.
The profession need not be reminded that this 10
the only series OF Reports, either in England or in
this country, which attempts to contain ALL the
decisions of the English courts In Il 10 series
every reported case Except nisi pris decisons) is
given in FULL, without condemnation abridg-
ment, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication OF the English cases.
1t may be proper also to state, that IN England
thcfe are no regular reporters, authorized by law,
as In this County, eacn series or reports
is there conducted solely as private enterprise,
BY private reporters. And it 10 believed that for
the essential requisites in any Reports--the Law
Journal and the Jurist Series are not surpassed by
any rival series in England, and they have often
been found more correct. See Tie late case Of
payatioe accuracy Of the Laio Journal Reports, and
the contsmporanfous reports Of Manning f Gran
ger, to The true pleadings IN Former case, tods
directly inUelued In hatcase, Jervis, the Ch jus
tice Of the Common Pleas o6served: "H il clear that
the plea IN Sison us. Kidman, az reported N Man.
& Grang. $40, is not correct The plea, az Il isre
ported in The Law Journal Reports 10 just MY bro
ther Ma,e suppc'es" In addition to the foregoing
be found TO contain many valuable cases not
elsewhere reported, while no CASE IN AMY other
other series will be omitted in this. Arrangements
have been made whereby this series will contain
all the reported CAGES in the Jvrist and Law Jour
iiai; in Clark and Nnnely's Reports in the House
Of Lords; r. =. Moorc's Reports in the Priyy
Council; the Reports Of simons, Hare, Beavan, De
Gex and Small and kacnaghten and Gordon, in
the Courts Of Equity; Adolphus and Ellis, Man.
ming, Grnnger and Scott, and Wclsby, Hurlstone
and Gordon, In the Common Law Courts; also the
Criminal Reports OF Denison, Temple and New,
and E. w. Cox; the Admiralty Reports Of Robin.
son, and the Ecclesiastical Reports of Robertson
combination of legal reports entirely unequailed
in any country.
from the fact that, hereafter. the$ will BE directed
N the annual volumes of the United Statcs Digest
The first six volumes will be contained in Vol. "
of the Annual Digest, now in press
We also bog leave to refer the reader to the
nexed recommendations.
Bosros, February, 1852.
Letters of Recommendation received from Judges Of
the United States Supreme Court.
WAsHINeroN, January n, 1852
GENTLEMEN: My engagements here have not
permitted me to examine particularly your repub
LEGATION of the Er:. ish Reports in Law and Equity
But, as far as i have been able TO look into them
they appear to be correctly and we'll executed.
promptness Of the volumes already out, and at the
price mentioned, they will be great convenience
to the Bench and the Bar, and fail to attra
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
them. ...r
am, with much respect, your obedient aervant,
...... R. B. TANEY.
Messrs LITTLE & BaowN.
WAsHINaTos, January 10, 1852.
Messrs LITTLE & BRowS 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
Privy Council, Courts Of Equity and Common Law,
from and after Michaelmas Term, 1850; also,
"Crown Casep 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 sub
etautiai manner and do credit to the enterprise Of
the publishers. ] became q subscriber for them as
soon they were found with the booksellers in the
West, and am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP
MESS AND EXTENT OF MATTER, THEY MUST SUPER
SIDE, AT LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER ENG
LIsH REPORTS OF LATE DECISIONS.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant.
JOHN MCLEAN.
WAsHINeroN January &c, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN: ! think you have laid
the profession under great obligations, in the
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 why to fur
nsh their libraries with the current English Re-
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 less mod-
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
cases arising here.
Your plan, also, will furnish the profession in
this country with the cases IMMEpIArELY AFTER
THE PUBLICATION IN ENoLANp, A CONSIDERATIONS
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.
I am, with great respect, your obedont servant,
SAMUEL NELSON.
WAsHINGroN, January %, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowE- 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
lar maze, tneN COtnp0Ct anu convenient arrange
ment, their early publication, bringing down the
decisions of all the important Courts to n period
far within those of any Court in our own coun-
try, together with their chcapness, ought to be
sufficient recomme ndatons to insure their general
use.
With great reel "ct, am your obedient servant
g. r. CURTIS.
WAsHiaGToN, SUPREME CouRT RooM,
February II, 1852.
GEsrLEMEr: 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
lish Courts. have found them always 80 instruc-
tive and use!ul, that have hitherto read them in
any form in which they have been published.
Hereafter will do so in you're.
The Courts in England are daily acting upon
cases presenting important and also new features.
All of US must acknowledge that they adjudi-
Gated with very able and dscrimin ating acuteness
and with great learning.
Wishing your publication every sucoess, am
gentlemen, respectfully, your obedient servant.
JAMES M. WAYNE.