Reports of that Grave and Learned Judge, Sir John Bridgman

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by Sir John Bridgman

Originally composed in French, these reports were translated into English and published after the author's death. "The reporter was a Sergeant-At-Law, and a Chief Justice of Chester, 'the memory of whose great learning and profoundness in the knowledge of the laws of England still remain.' The cases are pretty fully reported, 'but they embrace so short a period that they are not often referred to, nor do we understand that they are highly esteemed.'"[1] Bridgman gives concise statements of the judgments in each case, an expansive description of his own arguments, but "the arguments of counsel other than himself are hardly given at all."[2]

Bibliographic Information

Author: Sir John Bridgman.

Title: Reports of that Grave and Learned Judge, Sir John Bridgman.

Publication Info: London: Printed by Tho. Roycroft for H. Twyford, Tho. Dring, and Jo. Place, 1659.

Edition: Second edition; [6], 142, [6] pages.

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Rebound around 1980 with name of "Nathan Sanford" on flyleaf and title page.

View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.

References

  1. J. G. Marvin, Legal Bibliography, or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books, (Philadelphia: T. and J. W. Johnson Law Booksellers, 1847), 148.
  2. John William Wallace, The Reporters, Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks, 4th ed., rev. and enl. (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 248.