The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-05-27
ENGLISH Law AND EQUITY REPORTS.
TO the Legal Profs..ion.

ENGLISH LAW AND EQUITY REPORTS.
To the Legal Profession.
THE FIRST YEAR Of the publication of the
Il English Reports IN LGtD aud Equity closes
with the sixth volume. Hereafter this series will
parate parts will be discontinued II is found that
the second part of each volume follows rapidly
after the first, that the advantages Of publishing
by parts are unimportant Eachvoume will here
after appear once in two months, in the same size
and style heretofore, and at the same exceed
ingly low rate OF 80 ryoume to permanent sub
scribers.
The profession need not be reminded that this IL
the only series OF Reports either in England in
this country, which attempts to contain ALL the
decisions OF ALL the English courts. In Il is series
every reported case Except nsi prius decisions is
given in FULL, without condensation or abridg
ment, and the profession may rely upon having an
accurate republication of the Engiish cases.
IL may be proper -lso to state, that in England
there are NO regular reporters, authorized by law
in this country, but that each series of Reports
10 there conducted solely as a private enterprise,
by private reporters. And it is believed that for
raoMPrNEss, ACCURACY, CLEARNEss, and BREvirY--
the essential requisites in any Reports-the Law
any rival series in England, and they have often
been found more correct See the late Of
Crofts Bcale, Is Eng. Rep, 40S.) tcheve the com
paratiUe accuracy Of the La,c Journal Reports. and
the contemporaries reports Of Manning r Gran
ger, as TO the true pieadings in former case tcas
directly inpolped In that case, Jsrpis. the Cif JUS
lice Of the Common Pleas ObserUrd: IN is clear that
the plea "a Sison Kidman, az reported in Man.
x Grang. $40, 10 not correct. The plea, IL IL
ported in the La,o Journal Reports, just my bro
Mer Mduie slpposes +" 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
nal; in Clark and Fnnelly's Reports in the House
Of Lords; E. +. Moores Reports in the Priyy
Council; the Reports of Simons, Hare, BeavaD, De
Gex and Small, and Macnaghten and Gordon, in
the Courts Of Equity; Adolphus and Ellis, Man
ming. Granger and Scott, and Wesby, Hurlstone
and Gordon, in the Common Law Courts: also tho
Criminal Reports of Denison, Temple and New,
and f. w Cox; the Admiralty Reports Of Robin
son, and the Ecclesiastical Reports of Robertson
u combination of legal reports entirely unequaled
in any country.
Additional value will also be given to this series
from the fact that, hereafter, they will be digested
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.
WAsHINoroN, 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 inlo them,
they appear to be correctly and well executed.
And if they continue to be repubiished with the
promptness of the volumes already out, and at the
price mentioned, they will be great conve nience
to the Bench and the Bar, and cannot fail to attract
their attention. take pleasure in recommending
them.
am, with much respect, your obcdient servant,
r. b. TANEY.
DIessrs. LITTLE BnowN.
WAsHIsGToN, January 10, 1852.
Nlessrs. LITTLE BRows: In the prompt repub
LEGATION of the English Reports in Law and
Equity" you tender to the profession most i'm
portant service. The first volume of these Reports
includes decided in the House Of Lorde.
Prvy Council, Courts of Equity and Common Law,
from and after Mchaelmas 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
published, include the decided in the above
courts in 1851.
These Reports, like all other works which pro-
coed from your press, are executed in most sub.
stantal manner, and do credit TO the enterprise of
the publishers. became subscriber for them
soon they were found with the booksellers in the
West, and am convinced, that from THEIR CHEAP
sEss AND EXTENT OF MATTER THEY MUST SUPER
sEDE, AT LEAST IN THIS COUNTRY, ALL OTHER Eng
LIsH REPoRTs OF LATE DECISIONS
Very respectfully. your obcdient servant.
JOHN MCLEAN.
WAsHIsaToN January 20, 1852.