The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-08
nssLIsH LAW AND EQUITY REPORTS.


1 ENaLIsH LAW AND EQUITY REPORTS.
| To the Legal Profession.
| TINE FIRST YEAR Of the publications OF the
| i English Reports IN Lmo and Equiiy closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter th's series VIII
be published only in poiwmss. and the issue 81 Sc
parate parts will he discontinued II is found that
the second part of each volume follows 80 rapidly
after the first, that the advantages Of publishing
by pa rts are unimportant. Each volume will here
AFTER appear once in two months, in the same size
and style heretofore, and at the same exceed :
ingiy low rate Of 80 per volume to permanent sub
scribers.
The profession need not be reminded that this is
the only series of Reports either in England or in
| this country, which attempts 10 contain ALI the
decisions Of ALL the English courts. In Il Is scries
every reported Except nsi prius dccsionsl is
| given in FULL, without condensation or abridg-
inent, and the profession may roy upon having an
accurate republication of the Engiish cases
| IL may be proper rlso to state, that in England
there are regular reporters, authorized by law,
as in this country, but that each series Of Reports
! 10 there conducted solely as private enterprise
by private reporters. And II 10 believed that Tor
! paomPrNE ss, ACCURACY, CLEARNEss, and BREv,Tv-
| 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 the late case IF
Crofts Us. Beale (5 Eng. Rep, 4Os, trhers the com
paraiive accuracy Of the Lao JO,vnuI Reports. and
the c0ntsmpOr0nfOus reports ~ Dlanntng q CTdn-
ger, to the true pLEddtngs IN u J0TMT case UdS
directly inpolued In that case, JyUis. the Chit JUS
tice Of the Common Pleas OJssyvrd: "H is clear That
/ he plea in Sison cs. Kidman, reported in Man
& Grang. $40, IS not correct The plea, as IL isre
ported in the Lao Journal reports, is just my bro
tier Nauie supposes In addition to the foregoing
points of superiority in these Reports. they viii
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
nal; in Clark and Fnnelly's Reports in the llouse
of Lords; E. +. Moorc5 Reports in the Privy
Council; the Reports Of Simons. Hare, Beavan, De
Gex and Small, and Macnnghten and Gordon, in
the Courts of Equity; Adolphus and Ellis, Man
ming. Granger and Scott, and WeIsby, Hurlstone
and Gordon, in the Common Law Courts; also the
Criminal Reports Of Denson, Temple and New,
and E. w. Cox; the Admiralty Reports Of Robin
| son, and the Ecclesiastical Reports of Robertson =
La combination OF legal reports entirely unequalled
| in any country.
Additional value will also be given to ths series
from the fact that. hereafter, they will be dgesed
/ in the annual volumcs 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.
WAsHiNcroS, January ~, 1852
GENTLEMEN: My engagements here have no,
y
LEGATION OF the English Reports in Law and Equity
But. as far have been able to look into them
they appear to be correctly and well executed
And If they continue to be republished with thu
promptness of the volumes already out, and at tho
price mentioned, they will be great convenience
to the Bench and the Bar and cannot fail to attract
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
them.
am, with much respect your obedicnt servant
"a r. h. TANEY.
Meesrs. LITTLE & BRowS.
WAsHISGroN. January 10. 1852
Messrs. LITTLE BRowN: In the prompt repub
LEGATION of the "English Reports in Law anc
Equity you tender to the profession most i'm
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 Michaemas Term, 1850; also
"Crown Cases Reserved and Cases in the Ecclc
sastical and Admiralty Courts" And the second
third, fourth and fifth volumes which you have re
published, include the cases decided in the abov,
courts in 1851.
These Reports, like all other works which pro
coed from your prcss, executed in n most sub
stantial manner, and do credit to the enterprise o
{ the publishers. l became subscriber for them n
as they were found with tho booksellers in thu
! West, and am convinced. that from THEIR CHEAP
T NEss AND EXTENT or MArTER. THEY MUST SUPER
SIDE. AT LEAST is THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER Esq
LIsH REpoRTs or LATE DECISIONS.
Very respectfully, your obedent servant,
l JOHN MCLEAN.
: WAsHissTos, January 90 1852.
Messrs. LIrTLE & BRows: | think you have lais
the profession under great obligations, in the re
, publication of the "English Reports in Law ant
Equity" in this country.
The low price at which the volumes are offered
will enable the bar generally in this way 10 fur
: nish their libraries with the current English Re
ports, Of which many Of them have heretofore beer
deprived. They will thus have ready acces 4
: the decisions Of courts sitting at the fountain
head Of the law, whence have been derived, for th
fed, daily administered by the courts of this coun
> try. And. however modified these SYSTEMS ma,
be, it is manifest that these decisions must shet
. great light upon the investigation Of most Of tn
: cases arising here.
Your plan, also, will furnish the profc sson il
this country with the cnses IMnEpIATELY ATE
THE rUeLoATIoS EsoLANp, coNsipeRATroi
! or THE FinsT IMPoRTAscE; for, If the Reports Q
cases decided arc OF any value, the sooner the
are in the hands of the profession the better.
sincerely hope your encouragement from the ba
will be commemorate with the merit Of the enter
: price.
1 am, with great respect, your obcdiont servant
SAMUEL NELSON.
4 WAsprs0ros, January 20, 1852.
Mcssrs. LirrLE & Bnows- Gentlemen. by you
c publication of the English Law aud Equity Re
ports, think an important benefit is conferred OF
tho legal profession in this country. The fdelir
with which these Reports appear 20 have been thu
, ! far made their compact and convenient arranpc
dccisions Of all the important Courts TO pcrio
+, far within those Of any Court in our own coup
!, try, together With their obeppncss, ought TO b
sufficient recommendation TO insure their genera
usc.
6 With great respcct ] am your obedent servant
- X. CURTIS
wAsHrsoroS, SUPREME CouRr Roon
a February H. 1852
GESTlgmys: have examined your republica
ton of the current English and Common La'
d Reports. and like very much the design and exc
cution Of IL.
a Neither judge nor lawyer can very well d
without the contemporary decisions Of tho Eng
n lisb Courts. have found them always 40 instruc
tive aud usciul, that I have hitherto read them 4
:; any form in which they have been publishco
D Hereafter will do 80 in you're.
Tho Courts in England arc daily acting upo
] csscs presenting important and also features
All of va must sckno~lcdgc that they are adiud
Gated with very able and discrirniba ing
. and with great learning.
: Wishing your publication every success, ! an