The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-12
nnaLlsH Law AND EeuIrY Rrponrs


AN0AASA Law AND EQUITY REPORT1s
To tho Legal Profession.
THE FIRST YEAR Of the publication of the
= ENSIish Reports ia Lao and Eguily closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
De published only in ool'mes. and the issue Of Sc
parate parts will be discontinued. II IL found that
the second part Of each volume folio~s 90 rapidly
alter the bret, that the advantages OF publishing
by parts arc unimportant. Each volume will here
after appear in two months. in the same size
and style as heretofore, and al the same exceed.
scribers.
The profession need not be reminded that this 10
the only series Of Reports, either in England or in
this country, which attempts TO contain Ant the
decisions OF All tho English courts. In this series
every reported case Except nis priss decsions) IL
given In FULL, without condemnation or abridg-
ment, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication Of the English cases.
u may be proper also to state, that in England
toere are no regular reporters, authorized BY law,
ssin this country but that each series Of Reports
u there conducted solely as private enterprise,
oy private reporters. And II 10 believed that for
rRoAPrHEss, ACCURACY, cLkARNnss and sREyIry--
the essential requisites in any Reports-the Law
and the Jurist Series, are not surpassed by
any rival series in England, and thew have ,,ss,,n
Ceen found more cc c..eoi. SEE he late case of
S'o': Bealc, Is Eng Rep, 4O6 - ,ohers the com
parafioe accuracy Of the Laso Journal Reports, and
fAe eonsemporaneous reports Of Manning + Gran
ger, a. TO The true psadings IN former case .cas
directly involped In that case Jrrvts, The Chiy jus
tce Of ne Common Pleas, o6serped. al" is clsar that
he pIeu IN Sson us Kidmap, 10 reported In Man
e grsng $40 20 ret correct. The plea, as il i.re
ported ia he Laar Journal Reports 10 just az nv bro
taey Mauls supposes" In addition to the foregoing
points Of superiority in these Reports, they will
be found to contein many valuable cases not
elsewhere reported. while NO CASE in ANY other
other series viii 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 Pinnelly's Reports in the House
o. Lords; r. Moore's Reports in the Privy
Council; the Reports Of simous, Hare, Beayan, De
Gex and Small, and Macnaghten and Gordon, in
the Courts OF Equity; Adolphus and Ellis, Man.
ming. Granger and Scott. and Welshy. Hurlstone
c SnG IN the Law cours also the
and E. w. Cox: the Admiralty Reports OF Robin.
son, and the Ecclesiastical Reports of Robertson
2 combination Of legal reports entirely unequalled
In any country. ,e EsgH' Va
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. l@9
We also beg leave to refer the reader to the an
nexed recommendations; ss.r. e. ~. ..F 81 y W
BosroS. February, 1882. ..
Letters Of Recommendation received from Judges of
the United States Supreme Court ~
WAsHINGToH, January q, 1852.
GENTLEMEN: My engagements here have not
permitted me TO examine particularly your repub-
location Of the En-. ,ish Reports in Law and Equity.
But, as far as have been able to look into them
And II 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. f . .. T.. 49,. IA ~
lam, with much respect, your obedient servant,
r. h. TANEY.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN. a.fsE 80 -
WAsHIsGroN, January 10, 1852. .
Nlessrs. LITTLE X BRowN: In the prompt repub
licatioh of the "Engiish Reports in Law and
Equity" you tender to the profession a most i'm
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.
siasticnl and Admiralty Co6rts." And the second
third, fourth and fifth volumes, which you have re
published, include the cases decided in the above
courts in 1851. es ~"
These Reports, like all other works which pro.
stantial manner, and do credit 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
sEDE, AT LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER ENG
LIsH REPoRrs OF LATE DECISIONS. . =,
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOHN MCLEAN.
st.ay 3 G= WAsHINaToN, January 26, 1852
Messrs. LITTLE BRowS: 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 ready access to
the decisions Of courts sitting at tho fountain
head of the law whence have been derived, for the
,<,k,~
fed, daily administered by the courts of this coun.
try. And, however modified these systems may
be, it is manifest that these decisions must shed
great light upon the investigation of most Of the
Your plan, also, will furnish the profession in |
this country with the cases IMMEDIArELY AFTER
THE PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLAND,A coNsIDERAr TON
OF THE FIRST IMPORTANCE; for, if the Reports of
cases 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. |
lam, with great respect, your obediont servant,
SAMUEL NELSON. |
WAsHINGToN, January Is, 1852. |
Messrs LITTLE BRowN-, Gentlemen: BY your |
publication of the English Law and Equity Re- |
ports, think an important benefit s conferred on
The legal profession in this country. The fidelity |
With which these Reports appear to have been thus
lar made, their compact and convenient arrange
nent, their early publication, bringing down the
decisions of all the important Courts to a period |
ar within those of any Court in own coun-
ry, together with their cheapness, ought to be |
sufficient recommendations to insure their general
use. ~ .z , -,
With great respect, am your obedient servant
b. r. CURTIS.
WAsHINGToN, SuPREME CouRr ROOM,
.-. s February II, 1852.
GkNrLEhEN: have examined your repubca.
ion OF the current English and Common Law
Reports, and like very much the design and exc.
;ution of it. a.
Neither judge lawyer can very well do
Without the contemporary dccisons of the Eng
ish Courts. have found them always 80 instruc-
i've and useful, that have hitherto read them in |
my form in which they have been published.
Hereafter will do go in yours.
The Courts in England are daily netting upon
.ases presenting important and also features.
All of IN muat kno led1e that thew are adindi-