The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-16
ENGLISH Law AND EQUITY REPORTS.
To tho Legal Profession.

TO the Legal Profession.
TNIE FIRST YEAR Of the publication Of thu
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series vii
be published only IA uoiumes, and the Issue of Sc
parate parts will be discontinued. II il found tina
the second part of each volume follows 30 rapidly
after the first, that the advantages of publishing
by parts unimportant Each volume will here.
after appear once in two months, in the came size
and style as heretofore, and at the same exceed
ngly low rate of 50 per volume to permanent sub.
scribers. s.
The profession need not be reminded that this il
the only series of Reports either in England or ia
this country, which attempts to contain ALL the
decisions OF ALL the English courts In tits series
every reported case Except nisi prs decisions) ia
given in FULL, without condemnation or nbridg-
ment, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication of the English cases.
II may DO proper .tso to state, that In England
there are no regular reporters, authorised by law
as in his country, but that each series Of Reports
ia there conducted solely a private enterprise
by private reporters. And IL is believed that for
PROMPT Ess, AcoUR Acy, cLsARNEss, and BR EyITY-
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 ~
c asa u.s. Bsaie: g Eng Rep aos ,Ts.. The COM
the contsmporansous reports Of Manning f. Gran
ger, as TO the true pleadings IN 1brmsr case, sras
directly Involved. In atcase, Jerois the Chif JUS
tceo the Common Pleas, Observed. .sH 10 clear that
Gte plea ia Sson Kidnan, reported in Man.
Grang $40, IS not correct. The plea, as IL is re
ported in the La,D Journal Reports, is just as my bro
tier Mauie 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 In ANY other
other series will be omitted in this. Arrangements
have been mado whereby this series will contain
all the reported 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 Siinons, Hare, Beavan, De
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 Denson, 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 digested
in the annual volumes of the United States Digest
The first six volumes will be contained in Vol. "
Of the Annual Digest, now in press.
We also beg leave to refer the reader to the an.
nexed recommendations.
BosroN, February, 1852.
Letters Of Recommendation receiped from Judges of
the United States Supreme Court.
WAsHINoToN, January 81, 1852.
GENTLEMEN: My engagements here have not
permitted me to examine particularly your repub-
LEGATION of the English Reports in Law and Equity
But rs far as ] have been able to look into them,
they appear to be correctly and we'll executed.
And if they continue to be republished with the
prouiPtncss 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 attrac.
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
them.
lam, with much respect, your obedient servant,
r. b. TANEY.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN.
WAsHINaToN, January l9, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE Il BRown: In the prompt repub
LEGATION Of the "English Reports in Law and
Equity" you tender to the profession a most i'm.
porant 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 Michaelmas 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 q most sub
santial manner, and do credit to the enterprise Of
the publishers. became a subscriber for them as
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 ENG
LIsH REPoRTs OF LATE DECISIONS. W..
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN MCLEAN.
WAsHINeroN, January &c, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE & 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 acces. to
the decisions of courts sitting at the fountain
head OF the law, whence have heen derived for the
most part, the several systems more or less mod.
fed, daily administered by the courts of this coun-
try. And. however modified these systems may
be, it is manifest that these decisions must saed
great light upon the investigation of most Of the
cases arising here.
Your plan, also, will furnish tho profession in
this country with the cases IMMEDIATELY AFTER
THE PUBLICATION IN ENeLAND, A CONSIDERATION
OF THE fast IMPORTANCE; for, if the Reports of
cases decided are of any value, the sooner thew
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.
am with great respect yoST Gssdisn. ssrysnt,
WAsHINGToN, January 26, 1852.
Mcssrs. LITTLE & BRowN-- Gentlemen: By your
publication of the English Law and Equity Re.
ports, think important benefit is conferred on
the legal profession in This country. The fidelity
with which these Reports appear to have been thus
Tar made, their compact and convenient arrange.
'nent, their early publication, bringing down the
far within those of any Court in our 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. Il. CURTIS.
WAsHINeToN, SUPREME CouRr Room,
February II, 1852. Z.
GENTLEMEH: have examined your republica.
ton of the current English and Common Law
Reports, and like very much the design and exc.
cution oft.
Neither judge nor lawyer can very well do
without the contemporary decisions of the Eng
lish Courts. have found them always 80 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 are daily acting upon
cases presenting important and also new features
All of uo must acknowledge that they are adud.
Gated with very able and discriminating acute ness
and with great learning.
Wishing your publication every success, ! am,
gentlemen, respectfully, your obedent servant,
JAMES M. WAYNE.
Messrs LITTLE BRowN, Boston, Massachusetts,
WARRINGTON, January %, 1852.
GENrLEMEN: publication like that In which
you cnga ged Of the English Law n nd Chan.