Orandorf v. Welch

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Orandorf v. Welch

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{{DISPLAYTITLE: ''Cases in Law and Equity''}}
<big>''Cases in Law and Equity, Chiefly During the Time the Late Earl of Macclesfield Presided in the Courts of King's-Bench and Chancery''</big>
===by Robert Lucas===
__NOTOC__
{{BookPageInfoBox
|imagename=LucasCasesInLawAndEquity1736.jpg
|link=https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/213926
|shorttitle=Cases in Law and Equity
|author=Robert Lucas
|publoc=London, In the Savoy
|publisher=Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for T. Ward and E. Wicksteed
|year=1736
|edition=First
|lang=English
|pages=ii, 538, [94]
|desc=Folio (34 cm.)
}}Not much is known about Robert Lucas other than that he was a barrister who left the legal profession to become a minister in the county of York.<ref>John William Wallace, ''The Reporters Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks'' (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 386.</ref> First published in 1736, the reporter ''Cases in Law and Equity'' is ascribed to Lucas in subsequent editions of 1741 and 1769.<refIbid.</ref> In 1769, this reporter was included as the tenth volume of the twelve volume collection ''[[Modern Reports]]''.<ref>Ibid. at 349, 352</ref> The work does not possess much authority and has been cited infrequently.<ref>Ibid</ref>

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Cases in L. & Eq. or 10th. Modern. fol." and kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]]. Jefferson later sold a copy to the Library of Congress in 1815, but the volume no longer survives to verify Wythe's previous ownership.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:346 [no.2075].</ref> Both the [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> and [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe "Member: George Wythe"] accessed on March 4, 2014.</ref> on LibraryThing list the first edition (1736) of this title. The Wolf Law Library followed their recommendations and moved a copy of the same edition from another rare book collection to the [[George Wythe Collection]].

==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Rebound in period style with blue title label and marbled endpapers. Purchased through the generosity of Daniel W. Baran and Lena Stratton Baran, Class of 1936.

View this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/213926 William & Mary's online catalog.]
==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Case Reports]]
[[Category:Chancery Reports]]
[[Category:George Wythe Collection at William & Mary's Wolf Law Library]]
[[Category:King's Bench Reports]]
[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]

Modern Reports

2014-03-26T20:55:53Z

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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Modern Reports''}}
<big>''Modern Reports, or, Select Cases Adjudged in the Courts of Kings Bench, Chancery, Common Pleas, and Exchequer: Since the Restoration of His Majesty King Charles II''</big>
===by ===
__NOTOC__
{{BookPageInfoBox
|imagename=ModernReports1725v1.jpg
|link=https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/534940
|shorttitle=Modern Reports
|vol=volume one
|author=Great Britain
|publoc=In the Savoy
|publisher=Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edward Sayer Esq;) for D. Browne ... [and 9 others]
|year=1720-1733
|edition=Third
|lang=English
|set=7
|desc=Folio (32 cm.)
}}''Modern Reports'' is the title of a collection of twelve volumes of English common law reports that had previously been published separately. These volumes were published intermittently in various editions between 1682 and 1738, with the first five volumes individually bearing the title ''Modern Reports'' and further volumes bearing unique titles.<ref>John William Wallace, ''The Reporters'' (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882) 348</ref> No multivolume collection of ''Modern Reports'' appeared until 1741, when the first six volumes were published together as ''Modern Reports'', fourth edition.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
 
All twelve volumes did not appear as a collection until 1769, and it was not until 1793-1796 that a fully modernized and supplemented version was published in London by the respected barrister and professional editor Thomas Leach.<ref>John William Wallace, ''The Reporters'' (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882) 352-53</ref> ''Leach’s Modern Reports'' was considered the standard version of this collection due to its extensive editorial corrections and additions.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
 
[[File:ModernCasesArguedAndAdjudged1725TitlePage.jpg|left|thumb|200px|<center>Title page, volume seven.</center>]]
These twelve volumes included reports of cases out of the courts of law and equity from 1669-1755 compiled by various known and anonymous reporters.<ref>W. S. Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law, Vol. VI'' (Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1924) 554-5</ref> As with other reports, their accuracy and authority vary greatly.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In fact, some volumes were so ill-regarded that courts would outright reject any citation to them.<ref>Percy H. Winfield, ''The Chief Sources of English Legal History'' (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1925) 184</ref> In the words of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Holt_%28Lord_Chief_Justice%29 Lord Holt] on use of the forth volume in court, “See the inconveniences of these scrambling reports; they will make us appear to posterity for a parcel of blockheads.”<ref>Ibid.</ref> Scholars have regarded other volumes as more accurate.<ref>John William Wallace, ''The Reporters'' (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882) 55</ref> American scholar William Green claims, “I feel a gratitude to the unknown authors of them and consider that my success in life, which has been considerable, is owing in a great measure to them.”<ref>Ibid.</ref> Wallace 355. However, he goes on to explain that he does not regard all of the volumes equally.<ref>Ibid.</ref> “I am fond of examining the better volumes of Modern. The 3d, 4th, 5th, and 7th modern are but so so; 8th and 11th are execrable; but 1st, 2d, 6th, 9th, 10th, and 12th Modern deserve a place in the better class of the old Reporters, especially 2d, 6th, and 12th.” <ref>Ibid.</ref> Regardless of how these reports appear today, they represent a substantial improvement over the reports of the previous period.<ref>W. S. Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law, Vol. VI'' (Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1924) 559</ref>

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
Both [[Dean Bibliography|Dean's Memo]]<ref>[[Dean Bibliography|Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean]], Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 12 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref> and the [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> suggest Wythe owned ''Modern Reports'' based on notes in John Marshall's commonplace book.<ref>''The Papers of John Marshall,'' eds. Herbert A. Johnson, Charles T. Cullen, and Nancy G. Harris (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, in association with the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1974), 1:44.</ref> Brown also notes that Wythe cited the second volume of ''Modern Reports'' in his case report for the ''Case Upon the Statute for Distribution'': "The case between Smith and Tracey (2 Mod. rep 204) was, A dies intestate, having three brothers, B, C, and D...."<ref>George Wythe, ''Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery'' ed. B. B. Minor, 2nd ed. (Richmond: J.W. Randolph, 1852), 306.</ref> Dean lists the fourth edition (1757-1759) as mentioned by the editors of Marshall's papers. Brown suggests the third edition (1720-1733) for volumes one through six, the second edition of volumes seven (1725) and twelve (1741), and the first editions of volumes eight through eleven (1730-1737). The Wolf Law Library moved a copy of the third edition from the general rare books collection to the [[George Wythe Collection]].

==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Volumes one through four and volume six rebound in period style. Volume five bound in full contemporary calf with blind-tooling to boards. Spine features six raised bands and a red morocco, gilt-lettered label. Set includes ''Modern Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster: in the Reign of Her Late Majesty Q. Anne, in the Time when Sir John Holt sat Chief-Justice There'' (2nd ed., London, In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, assigns of Edward Sayer, for John Walthoe, 1725) as volume seven. Volume seven bound in contemporary blind-tooled calf, rebacked in period style. The George Wythe Collection also includes [[Cases in Law and Equity|Lucas' ''Reports'']], cited as volume ten of ''Modern Reports''.

View [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/534940 volumes one through six] and [[https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3739869 volume seven] in William & Mary's online catalog.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Case Reports]]
[[Category:Chancery Reports]]
[[Category:Common Pleas Reports]]
[[Category:Exchequer Reports]]
[[Category:George Wythe Collection at William & Mary's Wolf Law Library]]
[[Category:King's Bench Reports]]
[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]

Modern Reports

2014-03-26T20:45:53Z

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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Modern Reports''}}
<big>''Modern Reports, or, Select Cases Adjudged in the Courts of Kings Bench, Chancery, Common Pleas, and Exchequer: Since the Restoration of His Majesty King Charles II''</big>
===by ===
__NOTOC__
{{BookPageInfoBox
|imagename=ModernReports1725v1.jpg
|link=https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/534940
|shorttitle=Modern Reports
|vol=volume one
|author=Great Britain
|publoc=In the Savoy
|publisher=Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edward Sayer Esq;) for D. Browne ... [and 9 others]
|year=1720-1733
|edition=Third
|lang=English
|set=7
|desc=Folio (32 cm.)
}}''Modern Reports'' is the title of a collection of twelve volumes of English common law reports that had previously been published separately. These volumes were published intermittently in various editions between 1682 and 1738, with the first five volumes individually bearing the title ''Modern Reports'' and further volumes bearing unique titles.<ref>John William Wallace, ''The Reporters'' (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882) 348</ref> No multivolume collection of ''Modern Reports'' appeared until 1741, when the first six volumes were published together as ''Modern Reports'', fourth edition.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
 
All twelve volumes did not appear as a collection until 1769, and it was not until 1793-1796 that a fully modernized and supplemented version was published in London by the respected barrister and professional editor Thomas Leach.<ref>John William Wallace, ''The Reporters'' (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882) 352-53</ref> ''Leach’s Modern Reports'' was considered the standard version of this collection due to its extensive editorial corrections and additions.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
 
[[File:ModernCasesArguedAndAdjudged1725TitlePage.jpg|left|thumb|200px|<center>Title page, volume seven.</center>]]
These twelve volumes included reports of cases out of the courts of law and equity from 1669-1755 compiled by various known and anonymous reporters.<ref>W. S. Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law, Vol. VI'' (Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1924) 554-5</ref> As with other reports, their accuracy and authority vary greatly.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In fact, some volumes were so ill-regarded that courts would outright reject any citation to them.<ref>Percy H. Winfield, ''The Chief Sources of English Legal History'' (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1925) 184</ref> In the words of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Holt_%28Lord_Chief_Justice%29 Lord Holt] on use of the forth volume in court, “See the inconveniences of these scrambling reports; they will make us appear to posterity for a parcel of blockheads.”<ref>Ibid.</ref> Scholars have regarded other volumes as more accurate.<ref>John William Wallace, ''The Reporters'' (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882) 55</ref> American scholar William Green claims, “I feel a gratitude to the unknown authors of them and consider that my success in life, which has been considerable, is owing in a great measure to them.”<ref>Ibid.</ref> Wallace 355. However, he goes on to explain that he does not regard all of the volumes equally.<ref>Ibid.</ref> “I am fond of examining the better volumes of Modern. The 3d, 4th, 5th, and 7th modern are but so so; 8th and 11th are execrable; but 1st, 2d, 6th, 9th, 10th, and 12th Modern deserve a place in the better class of the old Reporters, especially 2d, 6th, and 12th.” <ref>Ibid.</ref> Regardless of how these reports appear today, they represent a substantial improvement over the reports of the previous period.<ref>W. S. Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law, Vol. VI'' (Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1924) 559</ref>

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
Both [[Dean Bibliography|Dean's Memo]]<ref>[[Dean Bibliography|Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean]], Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 12 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref> and the [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> suggest Wythe owned ''Modern Reports'' based on notes in John Marshall's commonplace book.<ref>''The Papers of John Marshall,'' eds. Herbert A. Johnson, Charles T. Cullen, and Nancy G. Harris (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, in association with the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1974), 1:44.</ref> Brown also notes that Wythe cited the second volume of ''Modern Reports'' in his case report for the ''Case Upon the Statute for Distribution'': "The case between Smith and Tracey (2 Mod. rep 204) was, A dies intestate, having three brothers, B, C, and D...."<ref>George Wythe, ''Decisions of Cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery'' ed. B. B. Minor, 2nd ed. (Richmond: J.W. Randolph, 1852), 306.</ref> Dean lists the fourth edition (1757-1759) as mentioned by the editors of Marshall's papers. Brown suggests the third edition (1720-1733) for volumes one through six, the second edition of volumes seven (1725) and twelve (1741), and the first editions of volumes eight through eleven (1730-1737). The Wolf Law Library moved a copy of the third edition from the general rare books collection to the [[George Wythe Collection]].

==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Volumes one through four and volume six rebound in period style. Volume five bound in full contemporary calf with blind-tooling to boards. Spine features six raised bands and a red morocco, gilt-lettered label. Set includes ''Modern Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster: in the Reign of Her Late Majesty Q. Anne, in the Time when Sir John Holt sat Chief-Justice There'' (2nd ed., London, In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, assigns of Edward Sayer, for John Walthoe, 1725) as volume seven. Volume seven bound in contemporary blind-tooled calf, rebacked in period style. The George Wythe Collection also includes [[Cases in Law and Equity|Lucas' ''Reports'']], cited as volume ten of ''Modern Reports''.

View [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/534940 volumes one through six] and [[https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3739869 volume seven] in William & Mary's online catalog.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Case Reports]]
[[Category:Chancery Reports]]
[[Category:Common Pleas Reports]]
[[Category:Exchequer Reports]]
[[Category:George Wythe Collection at William & Mary's Wolf Law Library]]
[[Category:King's Bench Reports]]
[[Category:Titles in Wythe's Library]]