The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-09-24

To the Legal Profession.


THE FIRST YEAR of the publication Of the
l. English Reports in LdiD and Equity closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
be published only in pOlnes, and the issue OF Sc
parate parts will be discontinued II is found that
the second part of each volume follows 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 heretofore, and at the same exceed
ingly low rate of j 2 pervolumc to permanent sub
scribeTs.
The profession need not be reminded that this is
the only series of Reports, either in England or In
this country, which attempts to contain ALL the
decisions of the English courts In Il ia series
every reported Except nisi pius decisons) is
given in FULL, without condemnation or abrdg-
ment and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication OF the English cases
1t may be proper slso 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 aAa private enterprise,
by private reporters. And " Is believed that for
PRoMPTNEss, ACCURACY, cLEARNEss,a and BREVirF-
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 me iate case 81
Crofts Beale, Is Eng Rep, 4OS ,ohert Tie com.
paTafiUe accuracy Of the Lao Journal Reports, and
the contsmporan1Ous reports Of MGnning & Gran
ger, 10 the true pleadings III former case, ,cas
directly inuolued In that case Jeruis. the CHIT JUS
tice Of the Common Pleas, oGseTusd: ST is clear that
The plea IL Sison Us. Kidman, reported in Man.
Grang. $40, IS not correct. The plea as IL rs re
ported in the La,o Journal Reports, is just smy bro
tter Maule suppos's" In addition to the foregoing
points Of superiority in these Reports, they will
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 sevies will contain
all the repoi ted 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
ming, Granger and Scott, and Weleby, Hurstone
| 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
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 dgcsed
in the annual volumes of the United States Digcst.
The frat six volumes will be contained in Vol.V V.
of the Annual Digest, now in press.
We also beg leave to refer the reader tn the n
nexed recommendations.
BosToN, February, 1852.
Letters of Recommendation received from Judges of
The United STATES Supreme Court.
WAsHINGToN, January n, 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 repubished with the
DrOmptne55 OF the volumes already out, and at the
price mentioned, they will be a great convenience
to the Bench and the Bar and cannot fail to attracl
| their attention. take pleasure in recommending
them.
lam, with much respect, your obedient servant,
r. b. TANEY.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN.
WAsHINGTor, January l9, 1882
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN: In the prompt repub
| LEGATION of the "Engish 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,
Prvy Council, Courts of Equity and Common Law,
from and after Mchaelmas Term, 1850; also,
| ''Crown Cases Reserved, and Cases in the Eccle
sastical and Admiralty Courts" And the second,
third fourth and fifth volumes, which you have re-
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
stantia manner and do credit to the enterprise Of
| the publishers. | became a subscriber for them
soon they found with the booksellers in tho
| West, and am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP
NESS AND EXTENT OF MATTER, THEY MUST SUPER
IT 5Fas6 Iii yAyso Gr Cc5edien, servant
JOHN MCLEAN.
WAsHINaToN, January 26, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE & Bno~ni ] think you have laid
the profession under great obligations, in the
publication of the English 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
nish their Libraries with the current English Re-
ports, of which many Of them have heretofore been
| deprived. They will thEs have ready accesa 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 mod-
fed daily administered by the courts of this coun
try. And. however modified these systcms 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 pUBLcATIoN IN EHoLAND, CONSIDERATION
OF rlaET IMPORTANCE; for, if the Reports of
cases decided o. any value, the sooner they
| arc in the hands OF the profession the better. /
| sincerely hope your encouragement from the bar
will be commensurate with the merit of the enter
praa
am, with great respect, your obediont servant,
SAMUEL NELSON
WAsHINGToN, January 26, 1852
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN-. Gentlemen: By YOUR
publication of the English Law and Equity Re-
ports, think an important benefit ia 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 own coun-
try, together with their cheapness, ought to be
sufficient recommen dations to insure their general
uee.
With great respect, am your obedent servant
b. R. CURTIS.
wAsHIEsTos, SUPREME CouRr RooM,
February II, 1852.
GENTLEMEN: have examined your republica.
ton of the current English and Common Law
Reports, and like very much the design and exc.
cuton of it..
Neither judge nor lawyer can very we'll do
without the contemporary decisions of the Eng
lish Courts. have lound them always so instruc-
tive and useful that have hitherto read them in
any form in which they have been published
Hereafter will do so in yours.
The Courts in England daily acting upon
cases presenting important and also features
All Of us must acknow ledge that they are adjudi-
Gated with very able and disc rimin atng ness
and with great learning.
Wishing your publication every SUCCESS, am
gentlemen, respectfully, your obedcnt servant,
JAMES NJ WAYNE