The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-23
ENGLISH LAW AND nQUITY REPORTS.


! i English Reports in Lao and Equity closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
parate parts will be discontinued 1t 10 found that
the second part of each volume follows 80 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
scribers -"
The profession need not be reminded that this 10
the only series of Reports, either in England or In
| this coantry, which attempts to contain ALL the
decisions Of ALI the English courts. In this series
every reported case Except nis prus decisions1 10
given in FULL, without condemnation or abridg-
ment, and the profession may rely upon having an
| accurate republication of the English cases.
1t may be proper also to state, that in England
there are no regular reporters, authorized by law,
is there conducted solely as private enterprise,
by private reporters And it 10 believed that for
1RoMPrNEss, ACCURACY, cLEARNEss, and BREvITY-
the essential resaisftes 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 Of
Crofs Beale, Is Eng. Rep, 4OS,) sohsrt the com.
he eontemporanaoas reports Of Manning & Gran.
ger, as 10 the true pleadings in former case, .oas
directly Involved. In thatcase, Jervis, the Chief jus
tics Of the Common Pleas, Observed: at is clear that
Grang $40, is not correct The plea. as it is re.
ported in the LaD Journal Reports Is just az my bro
Mer Mauls suppose" In addition to the foregoing
points of superiority in these Reports, they will
elsewhere reported, while NO CASE In ANY 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 Priyy
Council; the Reports of Simons, Hare, Beavan, De
Gex and Small, and Macnaghten and Gordon, in
the Courts of Equity; fAdolPhus and Ellis, Man
b MI nd nd thu Hnrlof
and Gordon, in the Common Law Courts; also the
Criminal Reports of Denison, Temple and New,
and E. W. Cox; the Admiralty Reports Of Robin.
son. and the Ecclesiastical Reports OF Robertson7
q 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. v.
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 received from Judges of
the United States Supreme Court
WAsHINeToN, January q, 1852.
GENrLEMEN: My engagements here have not
permitted me to examine particularly 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 republished 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 attract
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
them.
am, with much respect, your obedient servant,
Messrs. LITTLE & BRows.
WAsHINGroN, January 10, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE 4 BRowN: In the prompt repub
LEGATION of the "Englsh Reports in Law and
tn he
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 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
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 a most SUBJ
santia manner, and do credit to the enterprise Of
the publishers became 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
sEpE, AT LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER ENG
LIsH REPORTS OF LATE DECISIONS.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN MCLEAN.
WAsHlNaToN, January Is, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN: l 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,
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 decisions 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 may
be, it is manifest that these decisions must shcd
ltx~ht th,t
cases arising here.
Your plan, also, will furnish the profession in
this country with the cases IMMEDIATELY AFTER
THE PUBLICATIONS In ENaLAND, A coNsIpERATIoN
OF THE FIRST IMPORTANCE; for, If the Reports of
cases decided ere Of any value, the sooner thew
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.
lam, with great respect, your obedont servant,
SAMUEL NELSON.
WAsHINoToN, January 26, 1852.
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
ment their early publication, bringing down the
decisions Of all the important Courts to period
far within those Of any Court in our own 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.
WAsHINeToN, 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.
cution oft.
Neither judge nor lawyer can very we'll 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 US must acknowledge that they are adjudi.
Gated with very able and discriminating acuteness,
and with great learning.
Wishing your publication every success, am,
gentlemen, respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES M. WAYNE.
Messrs LITTLE BRowN, Boston, sachusetts.
WAsHiNaToN, january %, 1852.
GENTLEMEN: A publication like that in which
you are engaged, Of the English Law and Chan
Gerry Reports, If promptly and accurately executed,
cannot fail Of great usefulness TO the profession