The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-20
ENGLISH Law AND EQUITY REPORTS.
To the Legal Profession.


To the Legal Profession.
THE FIRST YEAR of the publication of the
English Reports IN Laso and Equity closes
With the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
be published only IN uolaunes, and the issue of
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 as heretofore, and at the same exceed.
ingiy low rate of ~ pervolume to permanent SUBJ
scribers.
The profession need not be reminded that this 10
the only series Of Reports, either in England in
this country, which attempts to contain ALL the
decisions Of the English courts. In tits series
every reported Except nisi prius decisons) Is
given in FULL, without condemnation or abridg-
ment, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication of the English cases.
II may be proper iso to state, that in England
there are no regular reporters, authorized by law,
as 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 REvITY-.
the essential requisites in any Reports-the Law
Journal and the Jurst Series, not surpassed by
any rival series in England, and they have often
been found more correct. See the late case of
paratiue accuracy Of the Lao Journal Reports, and
the contsnporansOus reports Of Manning f. Gran.
ger, as TO tho true peadings in former case,
directly inpolped In that case Jeruis The Chief Jus
lice Of the Common Pleas, obserped: at is clear that
the plea IN Sison kidman az reported in Man.
Grang $40, is not correct. The plea, as it is re
ported in The La,U Journal Reports, just as my bro
ther Mduie supposes 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 AMY 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
Of Lords; E. F. Moore's Reports in the Privy
r,,l. ~, d. -rt. .F
Gex 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 L. 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 annual volumes of the United States Digest.
The first six volumes will DO 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, 1882.
Letters Of Recommendation received from Judges of
The United States Supreme Court.
WAsHINsroN, January u, 1852.
GENrLEMEN: My engagements here have not
permitted me to examine particularly your repub-
LEGATION of the Err .sh Reports in Law and Equity.
But far as l have been able to look into them,
they appear to be correctly and well executed
And if they continue to be repubIished 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
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
them.
am, with much respect, your obedient servant,
R. B. TANEY.
Messrs LITTLE & BRows.
WAsH1NaToR, January l9, 1852.
Meesrs. LITTLE BnowN: In the prompt repub
lication of the English Reports in Law and
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 Mchaelmas Term, 1885, also,
"Crown Casee Reserved, and Cases in the Eccle-
siastical and Admiralty Courts" And the second,
third, fourth and fifth volumes, which you have re-
published, include the cases decided in the above
These Reports, like all other works which pro.
coed from your press, are executed in a most sub
santial manner, and do credit to the prise of
the publ ishers. ] became a subscriber for them
soon as they were 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 EMO
LIsH REPoRTs LATE DECISIONS.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN MCLEAN.
WASHINGTON, January 26, 1882
NJ essrs. LITTLE 4 BRowN: think you have laid
the profession under great obligations, in the re-
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 thus have a 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 sysens, more or less modi-
fed daily administered by the courts of this coun-
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 PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLAND, A CONSIDERATIONS
OF THE FIRST IMPoRrANCE; for, if the Reports Of
cases decided are of any value, the sooner they
are in the hands of the profession the better I
sincerely hope your encouragement from the bar
will be commensurate with the merit Of the enter
prise.
lam with great respect, yer ossdiSnt servant,
WAsHINaTow, January 26, 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 a period
far within those of any Court in own coun-
try, together with their cheapness, ought to be
sufficient recommendations to insure their general
use.
With great respect, am your obedient servant
b. z. CURTIS.
WAsHINeToN, SUPREME CoURT 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.
cution of it.
Neither judge nor lawyer very we'll do
without the contemporary decisions of the Eng
lsh Courts. have found 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
presenting impor tant and also new features
All of us must acknowledge that they are adjudi-
Gated with very able and disc ting ness,
and with great learning.