The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-03

ENGLISH Law AND EQUITY REPORTs.
To the Legal Profession.
YVHE FIRST YEAR of the publication Of the
i English Reports in Lauu aud Equity coses
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
be published only IN vOlunes, and the issue o Sc
parste parts will be discontinued II is found that
the second part of each volume follows so rapidly
after the fret, that the advantages of publishing
by parts are unimportant. Each volume will here
after appear once III two months, in the same size
and style as heretofore, and at the same exceed
ingiy low rate of ~ per volume to permanent sub
scribers.
The profession need not be reminded that this is
the only series of Reports, either in England in
this country which attempts 70 contain ALL the
decisions Of ALL the English courts In Il is series
every reported case Except misi prius s
given in FULL, without condemnation or abridg-
ment, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication Of the EngIish cases
II may be proper .lso to state, that in En- gland
there are no regular reporters, authorized BY law,
as in this country, but that each series Of Reports
10 there conducted solely as private enterprise,
by private reporters And II is believed that for
the essential requisites in any Reports-thc Law
Journal and the Jurst Series, not surpnssed by
any rival series in England, and they have often
been found more correct. See the late case u
Crofts Beale, Is Eng. Rep, 408. tchsre the
paratire accuracy Of the Latc Journal Reports, and
the c0ntempova~s0us reports Of Manning f. Gran
ger, a. TO the true psadings in Jrmer case, .oas
directly inp0lved In that case Jerpis the Chief JUS
tce Of the Common Pleas, 0bseroed: 1T is cieor that
the plea ~ SisOn Kidman, reported in Man.
Grang. $40, Is not correct. The plea, ii is re
ported in the La,v Journal Reports, just my bro
Their Maue supposes In addition to the foregoing
points of superiority in these Reports, they viii
be found to contain many valuable cnses no,
elsewhere reported, while NO CASE ANY other
have been made whereby this series will contain
all the reported cases in the Jurst aud Law Jour-
nal; in Clark and FinnelIys Reports in the House
Of Lords; f: F. Moore's Reports in the Priyy
Gex and Small, and Macnnghten 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 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 factthat, hereafter they will be digestcd
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.
BosToN February, 1852.
Letters of Recommendation received from Judges of
the United States Supreme Court.
WAsHINaToN, January 81, 1852.
GENrLEMEN: My engagements here have not
permitted me to examine particularly your rcpub-
location of the English Reports in Law and Equity.
But, far / have been able to look into them,
they appear to be correctly and well executed.
And il they continue to be republishcd with The
promptncss of the volumes already out, and 1T the
price mentioned, they will be great convenience
the Bench and the Bar, and cannot fail to attract
their attention. ] take pleasure in recommending
them.
! am, with much respect, your obcdient servant.
r. b. TANEY.
Nessrs. LITTLE & BRowN.
WAsHINoroN, January 10, 1852.
Messrs. LATHE & BRows: In the prompt rcpub
LEGATION of the English Reports in Law and
Equity" you tender to the profession most inn
portant service. The fret volume Of these Reports
includes 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-
siastical 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 oil other works which pro-
coed from your prcss are executed in n most sub.
stantial manner and do credit to The enterprise of
the publishers. j became a subscriber for them
they were found with the booksellers in the
West, and am convinced that from THEIR CHEAP
NESS AND EXTENT or MATTER. THEY MUST SUPER
SIDE, AT LsAsr ~ THIS COUNTRY, AL OTHER ENG
LisH Rsrosrs or LATE DECISIONS.
Very respectfully, your obedicnt servant,
JOHN MCLEAN.
WAsBING TON, January 26, 1852.
Messrs. LrTLE & Baows: 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 offered
will enable the bar generally in this way to fur
nsh their libraries with the current English Re-
ports, Of which many Of them have heretofore been
deprived. They will thus have ready access 10
the decisions Of courts sitting at the fountain
head ofth he law wi han herr dcriv for he
most part, the several systems, more less modi-
fed, daily administered by the courts of this coun
try. And. however modified these systems may
be, il IL manifest that these decisions must shcd
great light upon the investigation OF most of the
cases arising here.
Your plan, nIso, will furnish the profession in
this country with the cnscs IMMEDIATELY ArTEa
THE PUBLICATIONS IN EsolArD, coSNpkRATroS
TIE TIRsr IMPORTANCE; for, IL the Reports Of
decided are Of any value. the sooner they
in the hands OF the profession the better ]
sincerely hope your encouragement from the ba r.
will be commensurate with the merit OF the enter.
prise.
am, with great respect, your obedont servant,
SAMUEL NELSON.
WAsHIsoTos, January 26, 1852.
Meesrs LITTLE & BRowS- 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 thesc Reports appear 20 have been thus
mcpt, their early publication, bringing down the
decisions Of all the important Courts 10 n period
far within those Of any Court in own coun.
try, together with their oheapness, ought 10 be
Sufficient recommendations to insure their general
use.
With great respect, am your obedicnt servant,
b. n. CURTIS.
wAsHrsoros, SUPREME Cousr Room,
February II, 1852.
GrsrLEnrs; have examined your republics-
ton Of the current English md Common Law
Reports, and like very much the design and exc.
cution Of IL.
Neither Judge nor lawyer can very well dc
without the contemporary decisions Of the Eng
lish Courts. ] have iound 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 arc daily acting upon
cnses presenting important and alec new features
! All Of us must acknowledge that they are adudi
Gated with very able and discriminating cutoncss
and with great learning.
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