The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-13
ENGLISH Law AND EQUITY REPORTS.
To the Legal Profession.

To the Legal Profession.
1NHE FIRST YEAR of the publication Of the
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this serics will
be published only in poiumes and the issue Of Sc
parate parts will be discontinued. II ia found that
the second part of each volume follows rapidly
after the hrst that the advantages Of publishing
by parts arc unimportant. Each volume will here
after appear once in two months, in the same size
and style as heretofore, and at the came exceed
ingly low rate of So pervolume to permanent sub
scribers.
The profession need not be reminded that this il
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 Except nis pTius decislons) is
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 iso to state, that in Eng gland
there are no regular reporters, authorized by law,
as in this country, but that each series vi Reports
is there conducted solely as private enterprise,
by private reporters. And it Is believed that for
rRoMPrSE ss, ACCURACY, cLEARNEss ,and pREyITy-
the essential requisites in any Reports-the Law
Journal, and the Jurist Series, not surpassed by
any rival sc ises in England, and they have often
been found more correct. See the late case Of
Crohs os. Bcale, Is Eng Rep, 4Os,) ,ohert The com
ParafiDe accuracy Of the La,r Journal Reports, and
The cOntsnporaneous reports 4f Manning f. Gran-
ger, as to the Hue plsadinss in former case, icds
directly inUolofd InMatcase, Jerri' NE Chief Jus,
tict Of The Common Pleas, obserped "N is clear that
The Plea in Sison rs. Kidman, as reported in Man.
Grang $40, is not correct. The plea, as it isre
ported in The Lao Journal Reports, is just asmy bro
ther Daie S,pposes - 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 Gaze 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; +. F. Moore's Reports in the Privy
Council; the Reports of Sinons, Hare, Beavnn, De
~ Ma obi aV,IE .rlN
the Courts Of Equity; Adolphus and Ellis, Man
ming, Granger and Scott, and Welsby, Hurlstonc
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 aso be given to this series
from the fact that, hereafter they will be d gescd
in the annual volumes of the United States Diges'.
The fret 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
ncxcd recommendations.
BosToN, February, 1852.
Letters Of Recommendation received from Judges of
the United States Supreme Court
WAsHINeros, January 81, 1852.
GENTLEMES: My engagements here have not
permitted me to examine partc ularly your repub
LEGATION of the English Reports in Law and Equity.
But, as far as l have been able to look into them,
they appear to be correctly and well executed.
And If they continue to be repub!ished with the
proinptness Of the volumes already OUT and at the
price mentioned, they will be great convenience
II the Bench and the Bar, and cannot fail to atral
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
them.
am, with much respect, your ooedient servant,
r.. b. TANEY.
Mcssrs. LITTLE & BaowN.
WAsH1NoToN, January 49, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN: In the prompt repub
LEGATION of the English Reports in Law and
Equity" you tender to the profession a most i'm
por ia 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 Eccle-
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.
These Reports, like all other works which pro.
coed from your press, are executed IN most sub
santial manner and do credit to the enterprise Of
the publishers. ! became a subscriber for them
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
sgDE, AT LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER ENG
LlsH REPORTS OF LATE DECisIoNs.
Very respectfully, your obcdient servant,
JOHN MCLEAN.
WASHINGTON, January &c, 1852.
Messrs. LITTLE & BRowN: think you have laid
the profession under great obligations, in the re-
publication of the "Eng!ish 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
nsh their libraries with the current English Re-
ports, of which many of them have heretofore been
deprived. They will thus have n ready access to
the decisions Of courts sitting at the fountain
head of the law, whence have been derived for the
most part, the several systcms, more or lcss nod-
fed, daily administered by the courts of this
be, it is manifest that these decisions must shed
great light upon the investigation Of most Of the
cases arising here.
Your plan, also, will furnish the profession in
this country with the cases IMmEDIATELY AFTER
THE PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLAND, A CoNsiDERATIoN
OF THE FIRST IMPORTANCE; for, il 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 respect, your obediont servant,
SAMUEL NELSON.
WAsHlNGToN, January %, 1852.
Mcssrs. LITTLE BRowN. Gentlemen: BY your
publication Of the English Law and Equity Re-
ports, think an important benefit is conferred
the legal protcGson in this country. The fidelity
with which these Reports appear to have been thus
far made, their compact and convenient arrange
ment, their carly publication, bringing down the
decisions of oil the important Courts to period
far within those of any Court in our own coun-
try, together with their chcapness, ought to be
sufficient tons to insure their general
use.
With great respect, am your obedient servant
b. r. CURTIS.
WAsHINGToN, SUPREME CoURr Room,
February II, 1852.
GENTLEMEN: have examined your repubca.
ton of the current English and Common Law
Reports, and like very much the design and exc.
cution Of it,
Neither judge nor lawyer can very we'll do
without the contemporary decisions Of the Eng
lish Courts. have found them always 80 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 daily acting upon
cases presenting important and also new features
All of us must ack Hedge that they are adjudi.
Gated with very able and disc eliminating
and with great learning.
Wishing your publication every success, am,
gentlemen, respectfully, your obcdient servant,
JAMES M. WAYNE.
Mcssrs LITTLE & BRowN, Boston, Massachusetts
WAsHiNGToN, January 2S, 1852.
GEsTLEMEN; A publication like that in which
you are engaged, Of the English Law and Chan.
Gerry Reports, If promptly and accurately executed,
cannot fail OF great usefulness TO the profession,
incl both the Repch nd he Rar 'rb, u,rk