The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-30

ENGLISH LAW AND EQUITY REPORrs.
To the Legal Processasn.
TUE FIRST YEAR of the publication of the
English Reports IN Loo and Eousfv closcs
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
De published only an oOiuses, and the issue Of Sc
parate parts will be discontinued II 10 found that
the second part Of each volume follows % ran.dly
AFTER the hrst, that the advantages Of publishinx
" parts are unimportant. Each volume will here.
after appear once in two uonths in the same a NJ
ana style as heretofore, and at the same exceed .
angy low rate 0i 50 Pervolume to permanent SUBJ
, The profession need not be reminded that this 10
the only series OF Reports, either in England or in
t u country, which attempts to contain ALL the
every reported (exccpt Miss pviss decisonsl IL
given In FULL, without condensation or abridg-
uent' and the Profession may rely upon having an
accurate !, capitalization Of the English cases.
q. may oe proper also to state, that in England
.oere are no regular reporters, authorized by law
Us IA TINS country, but that each series Of Reports
- Were conducted solely a private enterprise,
oy private reporters. And ii 10 believed that for
rHomPTSEss. ACCURACY, cLEARsRss, and EvIry--
tue essential requisites in any Reports-the 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 late case of
Crotts os Beae, Is Eng Rep, 40s } sohere Ae CON-
par0ti1e accuracy Of the Lao Journal Reports, and
the eontemPoransous reports Of Manning 4 Gran
SG' as 10 ns true pteadings in former case, scas
directly inuolUed. In that case Jeruis the Chief jus
ttesof the Common Pleas, observed 'sH is clear that
he plea AZ Sison Us. Kidman, as reported in 3 Man
Hrsng, $40 IS not correct. The plea, as It is
ported IN me Law Journal Reports just as my bro
her Naule supposes." In addition TO the foregoing
points OF superiority in these Reports, they win
oe FOUND to contain many valuable cases not
elsewhere reported, while NO CASE In AMY other
in AIRS pts
nave 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, 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-
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 dgeated
in the annual volumes of the United States Digest
The hrst six volumes will be contained IN Vol "
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 of
the United States Supreme Court.
WAsHIssroS, January q, 1852.
1ENTLEMEs: My engagements here have not
permitted me TO examine particularly your repub-
lcatlon 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
price mentioned, they will be great conyenience
to the Bench and the Bar and cannot fail to attract
them. N'N'6
am, with much respect, your obedient servant
Messrs- LITTLE & BRows. - -
WAsHINGToN, January I9, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN: In the prornpt renpb
Ication of the English Reports in faw and
Equity" you tender to the profession most inn.
Portant service The first volume of these Reports
includes cases decided in the House of lords
frivy Council, Courts of Equity and Common Law
from and after Michaelmas Term, 1850: aIso'
Crown Caseo Reserved, and Cases in the Eccle-
siastical and ADM rally Courts" And the second.
third, fourth and fifth volumes, which you have re-
PuDnsned, include the caacs decided in the above
courts in 1851.
These Reports, like all other works which nro.
ceea from your press, are executed in a most sub
sahta manner, and do credit to the enterprise of
the publishers. ! became a subscriber for them a.
as they were found with the booksellers in the
west, and am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP.
NESS AND EXTENT OF MATTER, THEY MUST SUPER
skpE, AT LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL orHrR Enc
LlsH REPORTS OF LATE DECISIONS, $50"
Very respectfully, your obedient servant
JOHN MCLEAN.
WAsHINeroN, January %, 1852.
=, Messrs LITTLE & BRows: l think you have laid
publication of the "English Reports in Law and
Equity in this country.
The low price at which the volumes are offered.
VIII enable the bar generally in this way to fur.
hish their Libraries with the current Enelisb Re-
ports OF which many of them have heretofore been
deprived. They will thus have a ready accesa 10
the decisions OF courts sitting at the fountain
head OF the law, whence have been derived far the
most part, the several SYSTEMS more or less rnodi
ned, daily administered by the courts of this coun
Try And, however modified these systems NAV
oe, IL Is manifest that these decisions must shed
great light upon the investigation of most of the
cases arising here III, = - - ''1
~. Your plan, also, will furnish the profession in
'his country with the cases ImMEpIArRLY Arrep
OF THE FIRST IMPORTANCE; for, if the Reports nj
cases decided are of any value, the sooner thew
are In the hands of the profession the better
wiIi he yn nope your encouragement from the bar
prise. - .''o 'h'ef'
lam. with great respect, your obediont servant.
' SAMUEL NELSON
WAsHINaToN, January %, 1852
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowH- Gentlemen. Nv yo,r
publication of the English Law and EQUITY Re.
ports, think an important benefit is conferred on
the legal profession in this country The fide,;tn
with which these Reports appear to have been TINS
lar made their compact and convenient arrange
hent, their early publication, bringing down The
decisions OF all the important Courts to period
lar within those Of any Court in our own coun-
rys together with their cheapness ought to be
suhcient recommendation to insure their oan.rai
use. e' senefai
WIN great respect, am your obedient servant
B. R. CURTIS.
WAsHINeToN, SUPREME CouRr ROOM.
February II, 1852.
oESTLEhEN: have examined your repubica-
ton oil the current English and Common Law
heports, 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
iish 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 80 in yours
sases presenting important and also new features
All OF us must acknowledge that they are adjudi.
Gated with very able and discriminating acuteness,
and with great learning.
Wishing your publication every success, / am.