The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-12
ENGLISH RnroRrs IN Law AND

ENGLISH RhPoRTs IN Law AND
EQUITY.
Proposals By LITTLE 4 Baows, liz Washington
street. Boston, for psbSiskfsg By subscription
series Of Lao aad Equity Reports.
THE 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
y and cheaply furnished to the legal profession in
this country, has long been seriously felt and &C
knowledged. To meet similar want in England,
the "Laic Journal Reporfs." and The JUist,'
which, together, report decisions in all the Courts IN
Lap and Equity, within few weeks after their
delivery, were commenced a number Of years
since, and have met with the universal approba-
ever, has hitherto prevented their general circu-
lation in this country, and their merits are yet
but little known among
The subscribers propose to republish these ro-
can be received here. they viii contain reports
Of cases decided in the House Of Lords, the Privy
Council, the several Courts Of Equty, the Court Of
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
Cases.
parts, commencing with the decisions of Michael
mas (November) term, 1850, and will be carefully
edited by member of the bar, with notes and re-
ferences to analogous American decisions.
ages closely printed octave, on the best paper and
in clear, fair type, and will contain table Of cases.
and a full table OF contents, thus forming q COM
plete volume by itself, as well as part Of an en-.
tire series. Every alternate or second number will
be PACED consecutivey from the number imme-
djaely preceding, and will contain table OF cases.
and of contents to both, and thus form complete
volume, ready for binding, Of hundred pages
In each volume the cases of the several courts will
be found arranged together, and, in point OF style
and typographical execution, this series will be
fully equal to the best reports of England or this
country. eg4 e
tits designed to make this a PERMANENT PUBL
CATION, and thus establish series of English
Law and Equity Reports, which shall, in all re-
sPects, be far in advance Of any other reprint Of
furnish to the American lawyer the decisions Of
Westminster Hall, nearly too years before they
could of1,cise be obtained and long before the pub
LEGATION Of the contemp0raneous decisions of most
of our own tribunals.
The price of this publication will be $40 for
twelve numbers, payable in advance, or for the six
volumes, handsomely aad uniformly bound in law
sheep, $l2.
TIE parts will be sold separately, if desired, at
5 each.
Single volume, bound, 81 25.
Parts l. and H., stitched, or Vol l., bound in law
sheep, containing reports OF one hundred and
eighty eight cases, now ready for delivery.
The following are among the opinions Of this
work expressed on the publication Of the first num-
Der:
Letter from Hon. Millard Fillmore, President Of the
United States.
WAsHINGros, April 10, 1851.
JANE, BRowN, ESQ. MY Dean SIR,-Some days
since received, by the hand Of tho Postmaster
General, the first number Of the English Reports,
which you propose to repubish in this country,
comprising every case reported in England; and
now have your letter of the 9th instant, inquiring
my opinion OF the enterprise. M
While pursuing my profession, took deep in
terest in publications of this kind. The able
rIc~n hav,o &Ia 81 A~s~s
England, have shed lustre upon the Common
Law, and ilumined 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 &c condemned form. This condensation,
however, consisted, not in an abbreviation of each
case, but selection from the several cases, and
was often annoyed by finding reference to cases
in the Digests, which l deemed very important,
wholly omitted in the condensed reports" /
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
was made some time since to republish the WHOLE
If the English Reports entire. be rcpubishcd
with despatch in this country, at price low as
to bring them within the reach of the members Of
the bar generally. conceive that it will confer
great benefit upon the profession and the judiciary
and consequently upon the country at large. Know
ing your enterprise L anticipate your success, and
can only express the hope that your reward may
be equal to your merits l am your obedient
servant, WILLARD FILLMORE
From the Ne,o York Literary World.
Mcsars. Little & Brown, of Boston, whose law
books, in point Of typographical execution, vie
with the beat similar issues of the English press,
and in point of value and importance arc inferior
to none in this country, have just commenced the
publication of legal scries, deserving the especia.
attention of the profession throughout the country
The basis of this series, of which the first num-
Der is before US, are the Lao Journal Reports and
the Jurist. two English serials which communicate
to the British Bar, within few weeks after their
delivery, the prominent decisions of all the COURTS
from the House of Lords to the Court of Bankrupt
cy, and other tribunals of limited but practically
important Jurisdiction. This excellent arrange
ment might be followed with great advantagein this
country, for the purpose 81 obviating the delay
which necessarily attends the issuing Of the regu
lar volumes OF reports Of particular courts and
glad TO sec the enterprise of our legal pub
fishers awaiting themselves lit, to introduce the
English Reports promptly and regularly to the pro-
fcsson. The authority Of Westminster Hall has lost
nothing of its sanction and the permanently high
character OF tho English judiciary gives to their
adjudications a continued weight and decisive in
huence with courts. Hitherto the difficulty has
been that the reported cases thore have grown old
before they could be quoted and applied here, and
there was no way in which the current jurispru-