Espinasse's Reports, formally titled Reports of Cases argued and ruled at Nisi Prius, in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, from E. T., 33 Geo. III, to T. T. 47 Geo. III, is a collection of nominate reports by Isaac Espinasse,Marvin, J. G. Legal Bibliography, or a thesaurus of American, English, Irish and Scotch law books: together with some continental treatises. T & J W Johnson. 1847. Page 298 from Google Books. of nisi prius cases decided between 1793 and 1807. They are in six volumes. They may be cited as "Esp.".Index Chart issued for the English Reports, 1930, Stevens & Sons Ltd. (London), W. Green & Son, Ltd. (Edinburgh)
Reprints These reports are reprinted in volume 170 of the English Reports.Index Chart issued for the English Reports, 1930, Stevens & Sons Ltd. (London), W. Green & Son, Ltd. (Edinburgh)
Accuracy
Glanville Williams said that this set of nominate reports has received more criticism related to their accuracy than any of the others.Glanvil Williams, Learning the Law, 11th edition, Stevens, 1982 When a case from these reports was cited before Denman C.J., he said:
Pollock C.B. said that Espinasse only heard half of what went on in court and reported the other half.(1938) 54 LQR 368Anonymous, A Lawyer's Notebook, page 43 When a case from these reports was cited before Maule J. he said that he did not care for Espinasse "or any other ass".Biron, Without Prejudice, page 88
Ashton said that:
and that Espinasse went downhill as he got older.Arthur Jacob Ashton, As I Went on My Way, pp. 27–8
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