The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-21

THE REPUBLIC.
ENGLISH Law AND EQUITY REPORTS.
To the Legal Profession.
TIME FIRST YEAR of the publication Of the
i Engiish Reports in Lao and Equity closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
be published only in volumes, and the issue Of Sc
parate parts will be discontinued. II lie found that
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 mt the same exceed.
ingly low rate Of 50 per volume to permanent sub
scribers. - II.
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 ALL the English courts. In this series
every reported Except nisi prius decsions) 10
given in FULL, without condensation or abridg-
ment, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication OF the Engsh cases.
1t may be proper ESQ to state, that in England
there are no regular reporters authorized by law,
in this country, but that each series Of Reports
by private reporters. And it 10 believed that for
PRoMPTNEss, AccURAc cLEARNEss, land 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
been found more correct See the late case ef
Crofts Beale Is Eng. Rep, 40S, lchers the
paratioe accuracy Of the La,c Journal Reports, and
the contsmporaneous reports Of Manning 4 Gran
ger, as to the true pleadinss in Turner case. scas
directly Involved. In natcase, Jsrrts the ChtC Jus
tice Of the Common Pleas, obssrued at is clear that
the plea IN Sison us. Kidman, as reported IN Man
Grang $40, is not correct, The plea, a. IL 10 re-
ported the Lao Journal Reports, just my bro
tier Maule suppose" 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 Jurst and Law Jour-
of Lords; E. F. Moore's Reports in the Privy
Council the Reports of Simons, Hare, Beavan, De
Gcx 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
in any country.
Additional value will also be given to this series
from the fact that, hereafter, they will be dgested
in the nnual 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.
BosToN. February, 1852.
Letters of Recommendation received from Judges of
the United States Supreme Court.
WAsHINeToN, 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 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 attraN
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
them.
lam, with much respect, your obedient servant,
Messrs. LITTLE BRowN.
WAsHINaroN, January 10, 1852.
Messrs. 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,
Privy Council, Courts of Eqsity and Common Law,
| from and after Michaelmas Term, 1850; also,
| "Crown Cases Reserved, and Cases in the Eccle
sastica 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
stantial manner and do credit to 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
| LIsH REPORTS OF LATE DECISIONS.
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
| publication of the "Engsh Reports in Law and
| Equity in this country
The low price at which the volumes are offered,
will enable the bar generally in this 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, more less modi-
fed, daily administered by the courts of this
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 IMMEDIATELy AFTER
| THE PUBLICATION IN ENdLAND, A CONSIDERATIONS
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 bal
will be commensurate with the merit of the enter
prise.
lam, with great respect, your ohediont servant
SAMUEL NELSON.
WAsHINeToN, January 26, 1852
| Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN- Gentlemen: By your
publication of the English Law and Equity Re-
ports, think an important benefit is conferred or
| tue leRal pVOleSSlun III tni5 country ne Duenty
with which these Reports appear to have been thus
far made, their compact and convenient arrange.
mont, their early publication, bringing down the
decisions of all the important Courts to pcrioc
far within those of any Court in own coun
try, together with their chcapness, ought to bt
sufficient recommen dalions to insure their genera
| use.
With great respect, am your obcdent servant
b. r. CURTIS.
WAsHINeToN, SUPREME CoURT Room,
February II, 1882
GENTLEMEN: 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 well dc
without the contemporary decisions of the Eng
lsh Courts. have found them always so instruc
tive and useful, that have hitherto read them il
any form in which they have been published
Hereafter will do 30 in yours.
The Courts in England are daily acting upor
cases presenting important and also new features
All of us must acknow ledge that they are adjudi
Gated with very able and discriminating &c uteness
and with great learning.
Wishing your publication every success, ] am
gentlemen, respectfully, your obedicnt servant,
JAMES NJ. WAYNE.
Messrs LITTLE & BRowN, Boston, Massachusetts