The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-02

ENGLISH Law AND EQUITY REPORTS.
gt 10 the Legal Profession.
rTNIiE FIRST YEAR of the publication at the
Il Eagfish Reports IN Lasp and Equity cioses
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
be published only poiumss, aud the Issue oil Sc
paratc parts will be discontinued. 1t 10 found that
the second part Of each volume follows so rapidly
after the first, that the advantages of publishing
by parts arc unimportant. Each volume will here
after appear once in two months, in the same size
and style as heretofore, and at the same exceed
ingly low rate OF 81 pcrvolumc to permanent sub
scribcrs. tHt
The profession need not be reminded that this s
tre only series Of Reports either in England in
this country, which attempts to contain ALL the
decisions Of the English courts. In Il is series
every reported case Except prus dccisions) 10
given in FULL, without condemnation or abridg
ment, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication Of the English cnses.
II may be proper also to state, That In England
there regular reporters, authorized by law,
as ia this country, hut that each series Of Reports
il there conducted solely as private entcrprre,
by private reporters And It 10 believed that Tor
PRoMPrSEss, ACCURACY, cLEARNEss, and RREviTY-
the essential requisites in any Rcports-thc Law
journal, and the Jnrst Series, not surpassed by
any rival series in England, and they have often
been found more correct See the late case 9f
Crofs Bealc, Is Eng. Rep. 40s,) ,ohers the COM
parative accuracy Of the L0io Journal Reports and
the contsmpovantous reports Of Manning q Gran
ger, as TO the true yieadings In former case, ioas
directly invOlurd In that case Jervfs, the Chit jus
tice Of the Common Pleas, obssrved: 1T is clsar that
| ne plea in Sison %. Kidman, reported in Man
& Grang. $40, is not correct The plea, as IL isre
ported IN the LaU Journal Rrporfs Is just as my bro
Mer Mauie supposss" In addition to the foregoing
points of superiority in these Reports, they will
| be found to contain many valuable CAGES not
| elsewhere reported, while NO cAsE IN ANY other
other series will be omitted in this. Arrangements
1 have hacv de WI rie in
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 Silnons, Hare, Beavan, De
Gex and Small, and Macnaghtcn and Gordon, in
the Courts of Equity; Adolphus and Ellis, Man
| ming, Granger aud Scott, and Welsby, Hurlstonc
and Gordon, in the Common Law Courts; also the
Criminal Reports of Denison, Temple and New,
| and f. w. Cox; the Admiralty Reports Of Robin
son. and the Ecclesiastical Reports of Robertson
a combination of legal reports entirely unequalcd
| in any country.
Additional value will also be given to this series
from the fact that hereafter they will be digcsted
in tho annual 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.
BosToH, February, 1852.
Letters of Recommendation received from Judges Of
! the United States Supreme Court.
! WAsHINsros, january n, 1862.
GENTLEMEN: My engagements here have not
permitted me to examine particularly your repub-
location Of the English Reports in Law and Equity
But. far az l have been able TO look into them,
they appear to be correctly and well executed.
And il they continue to be republished with the
promptness of the volumes already out and at the
to the Bench and the Bar and cannot fail to attract
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
them.
am, with much respect, your obedient servant.
| n. B. TANEY.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN.
WAsHIsGToN, January 19. 1852.
/ Messrs. LITTLE & BRows: In the prompt repub
LEGATION Of the English Reports in Law and
! Equity" you tender to the profession q most i'm
portant service The first volume of thcse keport s
includes cases decided in the House OF Lords,
privy Council, Courts of Equity and Common Law,
/ from and after Mchaelmas Term, 1850; also,
"Crown Cases Reserved, and Cases in the Eccle.
siastical and Admiralty Courts." And the second,
third, fourth and fifth volumes, which you have re-
published, include tho cases decided in the above
courts in 1851.
These Reports, like all other works which pro-
coed from your press, executed in a most sub
stantal manner and do crodit to the enterprise OF
! the publishers. became a subscriber for them as
soon they found with the bookselle in the
West and am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP
NESS AND EXTENT OF MATTER. THEY MUST SUPER
SIDE, AT LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER ENG
LIsH REPoRTs or LATE DKcIsIoSs.
Very respectfully, your obcdient servant
| JOHN MCLEAN.
WAsHlssToS, January 20, 1852.
| Mcssrs. LIrTLE.& BRows: think you have laid
the profession under great obi gations in the re-
| publication OF the English Reports in Law and
| Equity" in this country.
| The low price at which the volumes offered
will enable the bar generally in this way 10 fur
nish their Libraries with the current Engisb Re-
ports, Of which many OF thcm have heretofore been
| deprived They will ihus have ready access to
the decisions Of courts sitting at tbs fountain
head OF the Law, whence have been derived for the
most part the several systcms, more or less mod-
fed, daily administered by the courts Of this coun-
try. And. however modified these systems may
be- il Is manifest that these decisions must shed
great light upon the investigation Of most Of the
caaes arising here.
Your plan. also, will furnish the profession in
this country with the cases IMhrprATELy Arrrn
THE PUBLICATIONS EsoLASD, A cosnpxaArlos
THE riRsr IMpoRrAscK; for, If the Rcports of
cases decided arc Of any value. the sooner they
are in the hands of the profession the better. l
sincerely hope your encouragement from the bar
will be commensurate with The merit of the enter
prise.
am, with great respect, your obediont servant,
SAMUEL NELSON.
WAsHisoTos, January 20, 1852.
Mcssrs. LITTLE K BaowN-- Gentlemen: By your
publication OF the English Law and Equity Re-
ports, think an important benefit s conferred on
the legal profession IN this country. The fidelity
Win Wnlcn uicsc Rfpor's appear 10 have been thus
far made, their compact and convenient arrange
mcnt, their carly publication, bringing down the
decisions Of all the important Courts to n period
far within those Of any Court in own coun.
try, together with their cbeapnces, ought TO be
sufficient rccomme ndations TO insure their general
use.
With great respect, am your obedicnt servant,
u. r. CURTIS.
WAsHINoTos, SUPREME CounT Roor.
February II, 1852.
GrSTLEmEs ] have examined your republica.
ton Of the current English md Common Law
Reports, aud like very much the design and exc.
cution OF it,
Neither judge nor lawyer very well do
without the contemporary decisions Of the Eng
lisb Courts have found them always SO fnsiruc-
tive and usciui, that have hitherto read them in
any form in which they have been published.
Hereafter will do SO in yours.
The Courts in England arc daily acting upon
csscs presenting important and clso new features
All of us must sckpow ledge that they arc adiudi.