CITATION OF IRISH REPORTS. Up to the year 1838, the Irish reports are entitled by the name of the reporter and commonly cited by an abbreviation of the reporter's name. In 1838 the two series entitled, respectively, "Irish Law Reports" and "Irish Equity Re ports," commenced publication. Each of these ran to thirteen volumes, covering the years 1838-1850. They were continued by the "Irish Common Law Reports" (17 volumes, 1849-1866), and the "Irish Chancery Reports" (17 volumes, 1850-1866), which were in turn continued by the "Irish Reports, Common Law Series" (11 volumes, 1866-1877), and the "Irish Reports, Equity Series" (11 volumes, 1866-1877). In 1878 the "Irish Law Reports" were established. These reports ran to 32 volumes, covering the years 1878-1893, and were continued by the "Irish Reports," which is• the present series. The "Irish Reports" are issued in two volumes a year and are cited by year and volume, as "(1894) 2 I. R. 512." Among the English reporters the follow ing possess little authority: Noy, Godbolt, Owen, Popham, Winch, March, Hutton, Ley, Lane, Hetley, Carter, J. Bridgman, Kebie,
Siderfin, Latch, several volumes of the "Mod ern" Reports, 3d Salkeld, Gilbert's Cases in Law 'and Equity, the 1st and 2d parts of "Reports in Chancery," Chancery Cases, Re ports temp. Finch, "Gilbert's Reports," 8th Taunton, Peake's Nisi Prius Reports. The following : Bernardiston, Fitzgibbon, W Kel ynge, Barnes, Ridgeway, Lee, Cunningham, Andrews, and Willes (1737-60), are said to be, "most of them, of inferior workmanship." Veeder. The same author states that At kyns and Vesey, Sr., are "extremely unsatis factory, though improved in subsequent edi tions." Prof. Wambaugh (Study of Cases) speaks of the "many cases excellently reported by Dyer, Plowden, Coke, Croke, Yelverton, Ho bart, and Saunders." The first reporter to make orderly and condensed reports in har mony with modern ideas was Sir James Bur row.