The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-23
ENGLISH LAW AND EQUITY REPORTS.
To the Legal Profession.

ENGLISH LAW AND EQUITY REPORTS.
To the Legal Profession.
TINE FIRST YEAR of the publication of the
l. English Reports in Lao aud Equity closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
be published only IN uoiumes and the issue OF Sc
parale parts will be discontinued Ii is found that
the second part Of each volume follows so rapidly
after the first, that the advantages OF publishing
by parts are unimportant. Each volume VIII here
after appear once in two months, in the same size
and style heretofore, and at the same exceed
ingy low rate OF 81 per volume to permanent SUBJ
scribers.
The profession need not be reminded that this is
the only series Of Reports, either in England in
this country. which attempts to contain ALL the
decisions of ALL the English courts. In this series
every reported case Except miss prius decisions) s
ment, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication of the English cases.
1t may be proper :lso to state, that in England
there no regular reporters, authorized by law,
in this country but that each series of Reports
Is there conducted solely q private enterprise,
by private reporters. And it is believed that for
PRomPTSEss, ACCURACY, CLEARNEss, and BR EvrY-
she 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 Of
Crots vs Beae, Is Eng Rep, 40S, } tchere HE com
pnrat,re accuracy Of the La,o Jopnal Reports, and
the contemporaneo.s reports Of Mannfns r GrGn-
ger, 10 the true plsndings IN former case,
directly nvolpsd. IN that case Jerr.s me Graf Jus
fceof tie Common Pleas Observed; % is clear that
the Jira IL Sison rs. Kidman as fpoytsd in 3 Man.
GrSng. $40, IS not correct. The plea, as sre
ported in The Lao Journal Reports, just as my bro
Mer Mauie supposss," In addition to the regoing
points OF superiority in these Reports, they will
be found to contain many valuable cases not
elsewhere reported, while other
other series will be omitted in this. Arrangements
have been made whereby this series will contain
ali the reported cases in the Jurist and Law Jour
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 Welsby, Hurlstone
and Gordon, 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 Roberts
combination of legal reports entirely unequaled
in any country.
Additional value will also be given to this series
from the fact that, hereafter they will be dgesed
in the ual 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
neXed recommendations.
BosToN, February, 1852.
Letter. of Recommendation received from Judges of
The United States Supreme Court
WAsHINaros, January q, 1862.
GEsrtEMEN: My engagements here have not
permitted me TO examine partc ularly your repub-
LEGATION of the English Reports in Law and Equity.
But as far az have been able to look into them,
they appear TO be correctly and we'll executed.
And if they continue TO be repubshed with the
promptness OF the volumes already out, and at the
price mentioned, they will be a great enience
the Bench and the Bar, and fail to attrac>
their attention. ! take pleasure in recommending
them.
am, with much respect, your obedient servant,
r. B. TANEY.
Mrssrs. LITTLE & BRowN.
WAsHINeToN, January 10, 1882.
Messrs. LITTLE BRowN: In the prompt repub
ION ReDOrts in Law nd
Equity" you tender to the profession a 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 Eccle.
siastical ana Adm rally 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 work. which pro.
coed from your press, executed in a most sub.
stantial manner and do credit TO the enterprise of
the publishers. ] became a subscriber for them as
soon they were found with the booksellers in the
West, and am convinced that from THEIR CHEAP.
Ness AND EXTENT OF MATTER, THEY MUST SUPER
sEpE, AT LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER ENG
LisH RsPoaTe OF LATE DECISIONS.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant.
JOHN MCLEAN.
WAsHINeToN, January Is, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN: 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 thus have a ready access to
the dec sions Of courts sitting at the fountain
head of the law. whence have Been derived, for the
most part, the several systems more or less modi.
fed, daily administered by the courts of this coun-
try. And. however modified these systems NAV
be, it is manifest that these decisions must shed
grea, light upon the investigation of most of the
cases arsing here.
Your plan, also, will furnish the profession in
this country with the IMMEDIATELY AFTER
THE PUBLICATION EsGLANp, A CONCENTRATIONS
OF THE FIRST IMPORTANCE; for, If the Reports Of
decided are of any value, the sooner they
are in the hands Of the profession the better. /
, sincerely hope your encouragement from the bar
will be commensurate with the merit of the enter
prise.
am. with great respect, your obediunt servant.
SAMUEL NELSON.
WAsgIsoToN, January %, 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 our nxp coun
try, together with their cheapness, ought to be
sufficient recommendations to insure their general
With great respect, am your obedient servant
b. r. CURTIS.
WAsHiNeTos SUPREME Couar Room,
February IT, 1852.
GESTLENEN: I have examined your republica-
tIou of the current English and Common Law
Reports aud like very much the design and exc
cution of it.
Neth"r Judge lawyer can very well do
withou, the contemporary decisions of the Eng
li7h Courts. ] have found them always 30 instruc-
tive aud useful, that | have hitherto read them in
any form in which they have been published
Hereafter will do 80 in yours.
The Courts in England daily acting upon
cases presenting important and also new features
All of us must acknowledge that they arc adudi
Gated with very able and disc ting eness
and with great learning.
Wishing your publication every SUCCESS | am
gentlemen, respectfully, your obedient servant,