The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-27
EsaLIsH Law AND EqurrY REPORTS.
To the Legal Prsfession.

win tue sixth volume. hereafter tnl5 series Will
be published only ia volumes, and the issue OF se-
parate parts will be discontinued. 1t 10 found that
the second part of each volume follows 30 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, aud at the same exceed .
'ngly low rate Of ~ pervolume to permanent SUBJ
scribers. At
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 ALI the Engsh courts In Il is series
every reported Except nis prtus decisons) 10
given in FULL, without condemnation or abrldg-
ment, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication of the English cases.
IL may be proper .lso to state, that in England
there are no regular reporters, authorized by law,
in this country, but that each series of Reports
is there conducted solely as private enterprise,
by private reporters. And 1t is believed that for
PRoMPTNEss, ACCURACY, CLEARNEss, land BREvTY-
the essential requisites in any Reports-the Law
any rival series in England, and they have often
been found more correct. See the late case Qf
Crofts Beale, Is Eng Rep, 40S,) tchert The com.
paratiUe accuracy Of the Lao Journal Reports, and
the contemporanf0us reports Of Manning & Gran
ger, 10 The true plendings in former case, ,oas
directly inpolued In that case, JeTpis the Chif JUS
tics Of the Common Pleas, obserusd "H Is clear that
Tie plea Ia Sison ps Kdnan, az reported in 3 Maa
h Grang. $40, IL not correct. The plea "a u Is
ported the Lao Journal Reports just my bro
Their Maule 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
Council; the Reports of Simons, 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
tho
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 annual volumes Of the United States Digest
The fret six volumes will be contained in Vol. ".
of the Annual Digest, now in press. r.,
We ALEC beg leave to refer the reader to the an
ne xed recommendations. ..- ... s.
BosToN, 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-
location of the English Reports in Law and Equity
But ns far ga l have been able to look into them
they appear to be correctly and well 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 convenience
to the Bench and the Bar and cannot fail to attra
them. .E-e. .st .-..,..' ."
lam, with much respect, your ebedient servant,
- ... R. b. TANEY.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRows.
WAsHINsFoN, January l9, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN: In the prompt repub
location of the English Reports in Law and
Equity" you tender to the profession most i'm.
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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-
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
santial manner, and do credit to the enterprise of
the publishers. ! became a subscriber for them as
they were found with the booksellers in the
West, and am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP
SIDE, AT LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER ENG
LIsH REPoRrs OF LATE DECISIONS. Ht"
Very respectfully, your obedient servant
JOHN MCLEAN.
wAsHINeToN, January 26, 1852.
Messrs LITTLE & BRowN: think you have laid
the profession under great obligations, in the re-
publication of the "English Reports in Law and
Equity In tn15 country.
The low price at which the volumes are offered
will enable the bar generally in thia way to fur
nsh 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, or less modi-
fed, daily administered BY the courts Of this
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 PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLANp, A CoNsIpERArIoN
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.
will be commensurate with the merit of the enter
prise. ~. .. .H- See. f..
SAMUEL NELSON.
WAsHINaroN, January Is, 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 compact and convenient arrange
ment, their early 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 cheapness. ought to be
sufficient recommendations to insure their general
use. ..t...r
With great respect, am your obedient servant
B. r. CURTIS.
WAsHINeToN, SUPREME CouRr Room,
... February II, 1852.
GENTLEMEN: have examined your republica.
ton of the current Engiish and Common Law
Reports, and like very much the design and exc
cution of it.. .. ...-
Neither judge nor lawyer can very we'll d.
without the contemporary decisions of the Eng
| lish Courts. have found them always 30 nstruc
tive and useful that ! have hitherto read them il
any form in which they have been published
Hereafter will do 80 in yours. &.
The Courts in England are daily acting upor
cases 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. ~ IS.
Wishing your publication every success, ! am
gentlemen, respectfully, your obedent servant,
r." JAMES M. WAYNE.
Messrs. LITTLE & Baows. Boston, Massachusetts
a WAsHISoToN, January %, 1859,
| GEsTLKmEs: A publication like that in which
you engaged, Of the English Law and Chan
Gerry Reports, If promptly and accurately executed
cannot fail Of great usefulness 10 the profession
n. n. sbon