The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-09-13
ENGLISH Law AND Equity REPORTS.


i English Reports in Lao and Equity closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
be published only in uollmes, and the issue of Sc
parate parts will be discontinued. II is found that
the second part of each volume follows 30 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 siza
and style as heretofore, and at the same exceed
ingly low rate of 50 pervolumeto permanent sub
soribers. r. ...... .sa. ..-......
The profession need not be reninded that this lie
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 ia series
every reported case Except nis prius dscisons) ia
given in FULL, without condensation or abridg-
ment, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication of the English cases
II may be proper lao TO state, that ia England
there are no regular reporters, authorized by law,
as in this country, but that each scricsni R"pors
is there conducted solely ~ private enterprise,
by private reporters. And it Is believed MAT for
PRoMPrNEss, ACCURACY, CLEARNEss, and BR sviTy--
the essential requisites in any Reports-th" Law.
Journal, and the Jurist Sere, not sur asss by
any rival series in England, and they have often
been found more correct. See The late ease n
Crofts Us. Bcale, Is Eng Rep, 4OS, nhGrt ihS
paratipe accuracy Of the Laiu Joun 4 Reports, and
the contemporaaeous reports Of Manning q Gran
ger, as to the true pieadinss in JGrmer case,
directly inuolued. In that case, JeUis the Chit JUS
tice IF the Common Pleas, Observed: 'H is clear That
TIE plea ~ Sison us. Kidman, as reported ia Man.
Grang, $40, is not correct. The plea, as ii is IRE
ther Mdule suppOsss (" 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 Jurist and Law Jour
nal; in Clark and Finnelly's Reports in the House
of Lords; +. F. Moore's Report ia in the Privy
Council; the Reports of Si,nons, 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 <. W. Cox; the Admiralty Reports Of Robin
son, and the Ecclesiastioal Reports of Robertson
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 Diges'.
The frat six volumes will DC contained in Vol. V.
of the Annual Digest, now in press
We also beg leave to refer the reader 20 the an
nexcd recommendations.
BosroN, February, 1852.
Letters Of Recommendation received from Judges of
The United States Supreme Court.
WAsHINeToN, January 81, 1852.
GENrLEMEs: 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 repubiished with the
promptpess 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.
lam, with much respect, your obedient servant,
R. b. TANEY.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN.
WAsHISaToN, January 10, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN: In the prompt repub
lication 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 Mchaemas Term, 1850; also,
"Crown Caseo Reserved, and Cases in the Ecce-
siastical ana 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''..
These Reports, like all other works which pro-
coed from your press, are executed in most SUBJ
stantial manner, and do credit to the enterprise of
the publishers. ! became a subscriber for them as
soon 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 REPoRTs OF LATE DECISIONS.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant.
JOHN MCLEAN.
WAsBINsroN, January rs, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRows: think you have laid
the profession under great obligations in the
publication of the "English Reports in Law and
Equity in this country. ..,f .....
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 haye heretofore been
deprived. They will thus have ready acces1 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 lcss modi
fed, daily administered by the courts of this
try. And. however modified these SYSTEMS may
be, it ia manifest that these decisions must shed
great light upon the investigation of mos, If the
cases arising here. .a "E.
Your plan, also, will furnish the profc sion in
this country with the cases IMMEDIATELY AFTER
THE PUBLICATION IN ENsLAND, A CONFEDERATION
OF THE FIRST IMPoRTANCE; for, if the Reports of
cases decided 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 rhe merit ofthe enter
prise. !. IT,. 1ra.E .ot-1." :.
e.. e.. ."aT f" SAMUEL NELSON.
" wAsRINaroN, January IS, 1852
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN-- Gentlemen: ny 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 and convenient arrange
ment, their early publication, bringing down the
decisions of ell the important Courts TO period
far within those OF any Court in our own coun-
try, together with their cheapness. pught to hc
sufficient Recommendations to insure their general
use. 'f. '.
, With great respeck am your ob@disnt ss,yen'
WAsHIsaToN, SUPREME CouRr Room,
February II, 1852
GEsTLEhEs: have examined your republica
ton of the current English and Common Law
Reports, and like very much the design and exc
cution oft. 's
Neither judge nor lawyer can very well do
without the contemporary decisions Of the Eng
lish Courts. have found them always so inetrur.
tive and useful, that have hitherto read them in
any form in which they have been published
Hereafter Twill do so in yours.
The Cour;s in England are daily acting upon
cases presenting important and also new features
All of Va must acknowledge that they are adud
Gated With very able and discriminating ness,
and with great learning. '.' - ",
Wishing your publication every success, am;
gentlemen, respectfully, your obedient servant,
...... 49, ... JAMES nj. WAYNE.
Messrs LITTLE BHowN, Boston, Massachusetts.
WAsHiSGToN, January %, 1852.
GENrLEMEs: publication like that in which
you engaged, of the English Law and Chan
Gerry Reports, If promptly and accurately executed,
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