Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-23
a Digest of the Decisions OF the SUI
preme Court OF Indiana,
From FIRST Blackboard to SirfeeRth Indiana. in

Preme Court Of Indiana,
From First BtacktOrd to Sixteenth Indiana. in
Cuisine, toqelher Nth the ReuiSed Statutes Of
the State By Edlcin A. Dauis. LII. 3. In
diaHGPOls: j. j. bingham Publisher
This work is now ready for delivery at six dol
lars per volume, aud is being delivered by j. o
Bryant. agent. IL contains S53 spages of double
column matter, beside a table OF titles the rules
OF the Supreme Court, and list of cases over
ruled, explained, doubted. &c The following
review OF the work by Hon. Martin NJ. Ray
shows the value of this Digest To the legal pro-
fesson ana the ability and labor exhibited in its
preparations:
JosEPH J. BfNGHAM-Dear Sir: have exam
ined with some care the new Digest of Decisions
oil the Supreme Court OF this State, iii one con
venient volume, edited by Edwin A. Davis, LII
b, and | assure you that it is but faint common
datiOn of the labOrs of the author to saw that he
has been eminenty successful in LAYING the legal
profession under obligations for "A Digest rare
in its plan and execution, as it is useful To the
profession. While it is "A concise Digest of De
csions. deduced from eight volumes of Black
fOrd's and sixteen volumes of the Indiana Reports,
it is at the same time an accurate and compen-
dous index to those twenty four volumes, as well
a. to the Statutes OF 1852. One OF the peculiar
merits OF the methodica arrangement of this
Digest over all other Digests, except. perhaps,
Abbou's New York Digest, is in extracting the
gist of each question decided bv the Court and
giving IL the prominence OF black letter head
line at the commencement of each SectiOn-thuS
enabling the lawyer. in the hurry OF reference, TO
apprehend at glance the import of whole sec
ton. aud, mt the same time. obtain an accurate
reference TO the Report the Statute in ques-
ton. The lawyer familiar with Abbott's lew
York Digest has already realized the value of this
peculiar excellence in the Arrangement and style
of IA Digest and will the GIore re IDLY appreciate
the labOrs OF the author of this volume. The
profession especially may congratulate themselves
that twenty four volumes of our Supreme Court
Reports have been so admirably epitomiSed 10 a
volume of ordinary size. This i no abridqfReHt
OF the Reports, but a genuine Digest OF them,
and while the lesal acumen to andlyze and ex-
tract the pith o.! decision is much ca
pacity-the former requiring only mechanical
skill tue latter "a high measure of mental diSclp-
line aud familiarity with the logic of the law
When these respective qualifications for the task
are considered the profession will accord to Mr..
Davis not only qualifications for the task bnt the
merit of having prepared the best Digest that has
yetappeared in the West In the sense of Di-
gest il is the most comprehensive volume that
can be found in our libraries. ltwould be diff
cult to comprise the adiudicated points of twenty
four volumes into one ordinary volume more
tistcally classified or methodically arranged and
| think the successful execution OF this work will
60 lar to rescue the character OF Dgests from
occasional reproach at the hands OF the profes-
sion. It's systematic Arrangement. its cOmOre-
heu>venes~. il, accuracy in its reierences-whch
| have fully tesie enables me to commend il
freely 20 the profession.
Yours trulV NJ M RAY