The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-23
ENGLISH Law AND EQUITY REPORTS
To the Legal Profession.

To the Legal Profession.
VNHE FIRST YEAR OF the publication of the
English Reports IN LatD aud Equity closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
be published only in volumes, aud the Issue of Sc
parate parts will be discontinued. II ia found that
the second part OF each volume follows 80 rapidly
after the fret, that the advantages of publishing
by parts are unimportant. Each volume will here.
after appear once in two months, in the same size
and stye as heretofore, and at the same exceed
ngiy low rate Of 50 per volume to pormane mt sub
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 ALL the English courts In Il is series
every reported case Except nis prius decisons) s
given In FULL, without condensation or abride-
ment, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication of the English cases.
IL may be proper .tso to state, that in England
as in this country but that each series of Reports
10 there conducted solely as private enterprise
by private reporters. And 1t 10 believed that for
PaoMPrNEss, AccUR ACY. cLEA aNEss "a nd REv,rY-
the essential requisites in any Reports--the Law
Journal, and the Jurst Series, not surpassed by
any rival series in England, and they have often
been found more correct. See the late case Of
Crohs Us beaie Is Eng Rep, 406,) tohers the com
Parafiue accuracy Of the Lao Jo,Unal Reports, aud
the contsmporaneOus reports Of Manning f. Gran
ger, as TO the true pieadngs in former case,
lice the Common Pleas observed: .N is clear that
the plea 1" Sison Kidman, reported in 8 Man
Grang. $40, is not correct. The plea as IL is re
ported in The La,D Journal Reports, just my bro
rier Maule 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; E; F. Moore,s Reports in the Privy
Councils the Reports of sinons, Hare, Beavan, De
Gex and Small, and Hacnaghten 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 unequnllcd
In any country.
Additional value will also be given to this series
from the Tact that hereafter they will be digested
In the annual volumes of the United States Digest
The fret six volumes will be contained in Vol "
OF the Annual Digest, now in press.
We also beg leave to refer the reader to the an
nexed recommendations.
BosToS, February, 1852.
Letters Of Recommendation received from Judges of
he United States Supreme Court.
WAsHINaToN, January q, 1882
GENrLEMEN: My engagements here have not
permitted me to examine particularly your repub-
LEGATION of the Err .ish 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 repubshed 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 attra
their attention. take pleasure in recommen ding
them.
am, with much respect, your obedient servant,
X. b. TANEY.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN.
WAsHINGToN, January 10, 1852.
Mcssrs. LITTLE & BRowN In the prompt repub
LEGATION of the "English Reports in Law and
Equity" you tender to the profession a most i'm.
portant eervicc. 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; nIso, |
"Crown Caseo Reserved, and Cases in the Eccle |
siastica and Admiralty Courts" And the second |
third, fourth and fifth volumes, which you have re
punished 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 q most sub
stantial manner, and do credit to the enternrse or
the publishers. ] became a 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.
WAsHNeroN, January g. 1862
Messrs. LITTLE & BaowN: think you nave 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 w6ch the volumes are offered,
will enable the bnr 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 accesu to
the dec sions of courts sitting at tho fountain
head Of the law, whence have been derived, for the
most part, the several systems, more less mod-
fed, daily administered by the court, Of thia
try. And, however modified these systems NAV
i,s, i 's 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 IMMEDIATELY AFTER
THE PUBLICATION IN ENeLAND, A CONDENSATION
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.
am, with great respcct, your obediont servant,
SAMUEL NELSON.
WAsHINaToN, January 26, 1852
McssrB. 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 nd convenient arrange
nent, their early publication, bringing down the
decisions Of all the important Courts to period
far within those of any Court in own coun-
try, together with their cbeapness, ought to be
sufficient rccomme ndations to insure their general
use
With great respect. am your obedient servant
B. R. CURTIS.
WAsHrNoroN, SUPREME CoURr Room,
February II, 1852.
GENTLEMEN: have examined your repubca-
ion of the current English and Common Law
Reports, and like very much the design and exc
;ution of it,.
Neither judge nor lawyer can very we'll do
without the contemporary decisions of tho Eng.
ish Courts. have found them always SO ipstruc-
i've and useful, that have hitherto read them in
my form in which they have been pubIisbed.
Hereafter will do 80 in yours
The Courts in England daily acting upon
presenting important and also new fea lures,
All Of us must acknowledge that they adjudi-
lated with very able and disc Eliminating acute
ind with great learning.
Wishing your publication every success, am,
gentlemen, respectfully, your obedient servant,