Barnes' Notes of Practice

Notes of Cases in points of practice, taken in the Court of Common Pleas, from M.T. 1732, to H.T. 1756, inclusive. To which is added a continuation of cases to the end of the reign of Geo. II. is the title of a collection of nominate reports, by Henry Barnes,^[1] of cases decided between approximately 1732 and 1760.^[2]

They are also known as Barnes' Notes of Practice.^[3] For the purpose of citation, their name may be abbreviated to "Barnes". They are reprinted in volume 94 of the English Reports.^[4]

J. G. Marvin said:

The cases in this volume are very briefly reported, and are not always to be relied upon. Indeed it could hardly be expected, in a volume containing more than 2500 cases, upon points of practice decided by various judges, whose opinions were not always coincident, that there would be uniformity and agreement throughout. Perhaps, therefore, the occasional inaccuracies may be in part attributed to the noddings of the Court as well as the Reporter. Barnes has the reputation of, in general, reporting the cases with accuracy, and upon points of practice he is tolerably good authority. The different editions are, 2 vols., 8vo, 1754; 56, 4to., 1772; 8vo., Dublin, 1788; 8vo., London, 1790. The paging of the octavo and quarto editions do not agree. 1 B. & P. 333, (3)245; 1 Chitty's Reports, 233; 2 Johnson's Ch. Ca. 69; 1 Wyatts, 490.^[5]

References

• Notes of Cases in points of practice, taken in the Court of Common Pleas, from M.T. 1732, to H.T. 1756, inclusive. To which is added a continuation of cases to the end of the reign of Geo. II. 3d ed. 8vo. London. 1790. from Google Books.

1. 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 94, from Google Books.
2. Index Chart issued for the English Reports, 1930, Stevens & Sons Ltd. (London), W. Green & Son, Ltd. (Edinburgh). Page 5.
3. John Bouvier. A Law Dictionary adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America, and of the several States of the American Union; with references to the Civil and other systems of Foreign Law. Second Edition. T & J W Johnson. Philadelphia. 1843. Volume 1.Page 23 from Google Books.
4. Index Chart issued for the English Reports, 1930, Stevens & Sons Ltd. (London), W. Green & Son, Ltd. (Edinburgh). Page 5. The said volume 94 is part of the King's Bench series of the English Reports.
5. 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. Pages 94 and 95.