The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-09-06
ENGLISH LAW AND EQUITY REPORTS.
To the Legal Profession.

! 10 the Legai FrO1esslOns
TNHE FIRST YEAR of the publication Of the
/ i English Reports in Lao and Equity closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
be published only in Uolmes, and the issue Of se.
parate parts will be discontinued 1t 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
| ingly low rate of So pervolume to permanent SUBJ
| scribers.
| The profession need not be reminded that this is
the only series of Reports either in England or in
this country which attempts to contain ALL the
decisions of the english courts. In II is series
every reported case Except nisi prus decisons) is
| given in FULL, without condensation or abridg-
mcnt, 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
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
| PRoMPrNKss, ACCURACY, cLEARNEss, land BREvITy-
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 %
paraiive accuracy Of he Lao journal Reports, and
| The c0ntemporaneous reports Of Manning r. Gran
ger, as to The true pleadings IN FORMER case, pas
directly inUoued. In thatcase, Jervis, the Chief jus
tice Of the Common Pleas, observed: g." IS clear that
the plea in sson us. Kidman, as reported in Man.
Grang. &c. is not correct. The plea, as u is re-
ported in the La,o Journal Reports,is Just as my bro
ther 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 made whereby this series will contain
all the reported cases in the Jurst and Law Jour-
nal; in Clark and Finnelly's Reports in the House
| of Lords; K. 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, 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
e combination of legal reports entirely unequalied
| 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.
BosToN, February, 1852.
Letters of Recommendation received from Judges OF
The United States Supreme Court
WAsHINGroS, January q, 1852.
GENTLEMEN: My engagements here have not
permitted me to examine particularly your repub-
LEGATION of the English Reports in Law and Equity.
But, as far as have been able to look into them,
they appear to be correctly and well 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 attrac,
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
| them. .e-.. H.. ..& .
am. with much respect, your obedient servant,
R. b. TANEY.
| Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN. ., -.>r. ... ....
WAsHIseToN, January 10, 1852.
| Messrs. LITTLE & BRows: In the prompt repub
| LEGATION of the ''English Reports in Law and
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 Michaelmas Term, 1850; also,
| "Crown Cases Reserved, and Cases in the Ecce-
| siastical 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. r.. ..t
These Reports, like all other works which pro.
coed from your press, are executed in a most sub.
stantial manner and do credit to the enterprise Of
| the publishers. became subscriber for them as
soon as they found with the booksellers in the
| West, and am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP.
| NESS AND EXTENT 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.