The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-30
ENGLIsu REPORTS IN LAW AND
EQUITY.

A
street, Boston, for Publishing by subscription 'eir
series Of LaiO and Eqaity Iitports
FlNHE want Of some system by which the decisions
Il and judicial opinions OF the several Courts OF
law and Equity in England can be more prompt
~ and cheaply furnished TO the legal profession IN
this country, has long been seriously felt and ac-
knowledged. To meet a similar want IN England,
the "IGU Journal Reports, and "Ihe JuTtst,
which, together report decisons in all The Courts an
Lac and Equity, within few weeks alter their
delivery, commenced n number OF years
since, and have met with the universal approba-
ton OF the legal profession. Their high cost, how
sver, has hitherto prevented their general circu-
ation in this country and their merits are as yet
but little known among us.
The subscribers propose 10 republlsh these re-
ports in full fast as they appear in England and
can be received here. They will contain reports
of cases decided in the House OF Lords, the Prvy
Council, the several Courts OF Equity the Court oil
Queens Bench the Court of Common Pleas, the
Court OF Exchequer and Exchequer Chamber, the
Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts, the Court OF
bankruptcy, including also the Election cases, the
Crown Cases Reserved, and the Railway and Canal
Gases.
These reports will be published in numbers or
parts, commencing with the docisions Of Michael
mas (November) term, 1850, and will be carefully
edited by member OF the bar, with notes and re-
ferences 10 analogous American decisions.
Each number will consist of over three hundred
pages closely printed octave, on the best paper and
in clear fair type, and will contain table OF cases.
and full table Of contents, thus forming com
plete volume by itself, well part of an en-
tire series. Every alternate or second number VIII
he PACED consecutivey from the number lmmo-
diatey preceding, and will contain table of cases.
and of contents TO both, and thus form complete
volume, ready for binding, of ooer siI hundred pases
In each volume the cases OF the several courts viii
be found arranged together, and, IN point OF style
and Typographical execution, this series will be
fully equal to the beet reports of England or this
country.
tits designed TO make this PERMANENT PUBLI-
CATION, and thus establish ne,o series of English
Law and Equity Reports, which shall, IN all re-
spccts, be far in advance OF any other reprint OF
English Reports in this country, and which shall
furnish to the American lawyer the decisions OF
Westminster Hall, nearly iloo gears before they
could otherwise bc obtained, and long before the pub
location of the conemporancous decisions OF most
Of our own tribunals
The price of this publication will be $40 for
twelve numbers, payable in advance, for the Blk
volumes, handsomely and uniformly bound III law
sheep, Sl2.
The parts will be sold separately, il desired, at
b each.
Singic volume, bound, 81 rs.
Parts /. and H., stitched, or Vol. L. bound in law
sheep, containing reports OF one hundred and
slightly eight cases, now ready for delivery.
The following are among the opinions Of this
work expressed the publication of the frat num-
DER:
Letter from Hon 1nlland Fillmore, President of tie
United States.
WAsHISGToN, April - 1851.
JAMES BRowH, esq; MY DEAR SIR-Somc days
General, the first number of the English Reports,
which you propose to republish in this country,
comprising every reported in England; and
now have your letter Of the 9Th Instant inquiring
nv opinion of the enterprise.
While pursuing my profession, took deep in
terest in publications of this kind. The able
Judges who have adorned the Judicial tribunals OF
England, have shed a lustre upon the Common
Law and iIlumined its profoundest depths. con-
slider no law library complete that does not contain
their principal reports in Law and Equity, and in
their Ecclesiastical Courts, and IN Admiralty. For
some years had been in the habit of receiving
these in Il 90 condensed'' form. This condemnation,
however consisted, not in AN abbregiation OF each
case, but selection from the several cases. and
was often annoyed by finding reference to cases
in the Digests. which deemed very important,
wholly omitted in the condensed reports"
therefore hailed with great pleasure an effort which
was made some timc since to republish the whole.
II the English Reports entire, can be republished
with despatch in this country, at a price 30 low
TO bring them within the reach OF the members of
the bar generally, conceive that il will confer
great benefit upon the profession and the judiciary,
and consequently upon the country at large. Know
ing your enterprise, anticipate your success and
can only express the hope that your reward may
be equal to your merits am your obedlent
servant, MiLLAHD FiLLhloRk.
From R.e Netp York Literary JYorld.
Messrs. Little & Brown, of Boston, whose law
books, in point of typographical execution, vie
with the best similar issues OF the English press,
and in point of value and Importance are inferior
to none in this country, have just commenced the
publication of legal series, deserving the especial
attention of the profession throughout the country
The basis of this series, of which the first num-
Der is before US, the Leu Journal Reports and
the Jurist two English serials which communicate
TO the British Bar: within q few weeks after their
delivery the prominent decisions of ali the courts,
from the House of Lords to the Court Of Bankrupt
CIV, and other tribunals OF limited but practically
important jurisdiction. This excellent arrange
ment might be followed with great advantage in this
country, for the purpose Of obvating the delay
which necessarily attends the issuing OF the regu-
lar volumes of reports OF particular courts and
we are glad to the enterprise OF our legal pub
lishers availing themselves oil it, 10 introduce the
English Reports promptly and regularly to the pro-
fesson. The authority of Westminster Hall has lost
nothing of its sanction and the permanently high
character or the English judiciary gives TO their
authorizations continued weight aud decisive in
fluence with courts Hitherto the difficulty has
been that the reported cases there have grown old
| before they could be quoted and applied here, and
! there was no way in which the current jurspru-
dence and adjudications of the day in the English
| courts could be made available by the American
bar except at great expense and by continual vigil
I lance This difficulty Messrs. Little & Browns
! Reports will remove; the casos decided in the
! Queens Bench, the Common Pleas, and the Ex-
chequer Chamber in january, will be ready for de-
! livery here in April or May, long before adjudgcd
cases of the same date in own courts appear in
the regular reports in which they arc perpctuatcd.
Nearly two years will thus be gained over the pre-
| scnt svstcm which requires delay until the large
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other eide and has then been reprinted ON this.
One advantage of the present series is, that the
decisions which it gives those of courts in banc,
the deliberate judgments of the bench, and not the
| less reliable decisions at Nisi Prius, which, how
ever interesting in many instances, do not carry
| with them the same authority and force.
| The Reports are edited by u. III. Bennett and
Chauncy Smith csqs., of the Boston bar, and their
systematic arrangement, and the with which
the notes, index, &c, arc prepared, evidence the
thorough manner in which the proposed series will
be carried out.
In this connection take pleasure in advertng
10 Messrs Little and Browne other legal publica'
lions, among which are included many of the mos
conspicuous and authoritative treatises of uris
prudence. Judge Storys works, for ming library
| almost Of themselves, and familiar for their higf
value and extensive reputation To American read
in general, as well ms to the legal profession
have all issued from their press, as have also thu
several works Of Professor Grecnlcaf Two very
valuable aud extensive annual publications. are als'
issued by them, the United States Digest and th'
tha Ialt heir riye,