The republic., 1851-08-14
KSoLAsH Rtroars m LAW AND


sesss " Lsv sss Eq'iig Rspots.
rI>HE ~ani u sose syssem ~ which me decisions
n aud ladigial ssiaions a the several Courts u
La~ and E4uity b England can BE- more prompt
y And ehsapiy iaslseed 70 ths lsgl pries.lSn %
knoU ictFed. Itmeet . similar want IN England,
ths " Lao lotapsf hspgrfs, and Ihs yaFtsf,
wbch fsgstlsf fpoft decisions Ia si "a Courts ~
Lss a,.d hgeaiy ~ishln 'e~ ~ssss Ai,sf ls I ,nsf
since. And have aet vita the uuiyefssi approOa'
tua ~ fisc lfFaigfpeaaion titsiT high cost how
ever, has hitbst prevented their genefal circu.
laion Ia this ceaniFy, And iheif merits Ars as yc'
,fis sah.rrIisrs proposa % rspuhlish these re-
ports Ia iali ssiaat as thsy appeAf In England and
san b. received hers. They wiis oontaia rePorts
Counci ths several Csufis 81 EquIty, The Court oi
Queen's nrnrt. the Court of Consnon Pleas, the
Court " Encteguer aud fHchetaer Chambcf, the
Eccissiantiaai ADD Admirably Courts, shs coun pi
Hankruptry Including aiso thS EcCtion eAaas, the
Cro~n Casss Reersod. and ma Railway and Canal
Cases.
Ths.s repors wiu - publishsd in nuInl.rs o
pafts eoniili.ntng Nith ~ aeeislens - mles-si
edited ~ msmber u lhe bar, with notes and re-
isFrnces o. tnaisEpus Atserican decisions
Each nunhef will consist " over three hundred
pagss s1ssssy Ps,l's = ses. o " ls V 80
aud ful tahis uf conscnis. thUs forming com
piete volume ~ itself, ~eli as part u an en-.
Ore sorlss Every alternate 90 sccond nunbes wiil
b. pages c0uaecativtly lrom tbs nunibcr im1nc-
diAiey preceding add ~ill consain table u casss.
and ~ fOuients to tpft and thus fprIn complete
yoafne. ready f1r binding ~ ous sr hnaassd pagss
Ia carh volume TIE Gases u the several courts vii
bo found arranged togrtef, And, in point oi style
aud typographical gKocuson, this ssriep viii hs
i,sily equal 80 m bcss repprs os Engl@nd % ihs
country.
His designed ~ make this rsasASssT rvsli.
cArioE, ana thus establish aew seFtss VI kngiish
Law and Equity Reports, which shall, In all re-
spccts, be- far IN advance of any other reprint ~
English Reports la this country and which shall
WestminStsr Hall, nearly fsro years hsfore fAey
could otgwiss b. obtained, and long before the pub.
licaiion of toe cOntcnporanoous decisions OF most
Of our own tribunals.
The price Of this publication viii be ~ ior
twelve numbcra payable ia advance, OF for the siH
volumes, handsomely and uniformly bound In law
sheep, Sl2.
Tue parts will be sold separately, il desired, a,
5 each.
single volume. bound, 50 25
Parts I. and a., stitched, er Vol J., bound IN law
sheep, containing reports Of ons hundred and
eighty eight casess n0w ready for delivery.
work expressed the publication Of the fret num-
ber
Letier from Hon. Afilard Fiiim0rs President ef ths
Uaiisd States.
WAaaSGroN, April -, 1851.
JANEs BnowS, Esa; NV DEAp s.H-Some days
since 1 received, by the hand Of the Postmaster
General the fret number Of the English Reports,
which you propose to rcpublish In this country,
comprising every case reported IN kngihndi and
now have your letter Of the 9th instant, inquiring
my 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 VI
England, have shed iustre upon the Common
Law, and illumined iis proioundest depths. con-
slider no law library complete that does not contain
their principal reports in Law and Equity, and la
their Ecclesiastical Courts and in Admiralty. For
some years had been in the habit Of receiving
these in " condensed" FORM This condemnation,
however, consisted, not in abbreyiation OF each
cate bat a selection from the several cases, and
was often annoyed by finding a reference 10 cases
in the Digests, which deemed very important,
wholly omitted in the "condsnsed reports"
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
was made somN time since 10 republish the whole.
Ii the English Reports eatiTe, be republished
with despatch ia this country, at price 80 low as
10 bring them within the reach oi 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 obedient
servant WILLARD FILLMORE.
From hs Neto York Literary World.
Messrs. Little 8. 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
10 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 Lam Journal Reports and
the Jtrist, 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 10 the Court Of bankrupt
cy and other tribunals Of limited but practically
important jurisdiction. This excellent arrange
he rypd lady IN
country, for the purpose Of obyiatng the delay
which necessarily attends the issuing Of the regu
lar volumes OF reports OF particular courts and
we arc glad 10 see the enterprise of our legal pub
fishers availing themselves OF it, TO introduce the
English Reports promptly and regularly 70 the pro-
iession. The authority of Westminster Hall has lost
nothing of its sanction and the permanently high
character OF the English judiciary gives to their
adudications a continued weight and 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 no way in which the current luriBpru-
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 vg-
lance. This difficulty Messrs. Little Browne
Reports VIII remove; the cases decided IN the
Queens Bench, the Common Plcas, and the Ex-
chcquer Chamber in January, will be ready for de-
livery here in April or May, long before adjudgod
of the same date in our own courts appear IN
the regular reports in which they are perpetuated.
Nearly two years will thus be gained over the pre-.
sent system, which requires a delay until the large
volume of authorized reports Ia published on tho
other side and has then been reprinted on this.
One advantage of the presont series IL, that the
decisions which IL gives those OF courts la banc
the deliberate judgments of the bench, and not the
less reliable decisions at Nisi Prins, which, how
ever interesting in many instances, do not carry
with them the same authority and force.
The Reports are edited by r. H. Bennett and
Chauncy Smith, csqs,, Of the Boston bar and their
systematic arrangement, and the care with which
the notes, index, &c, prepared, evidence the
thorough manner in which the proposed series will
be carried out
In this connexion we.take pleasure in adverting
to Messrs. Little and Browns other legal puhlca.
tions, among Which are included many Of the most
conspicuous and authoritative trcatiscs II ura.
prudence Judge Story's works, for ming a library
almost Of themselves, and familiar for their high
value and extensive reputation TO American read.
ers in general, well 90 the legal profession,
have all issued from their press; have also thu
several works Of Professor GreenleaL Two very
valuable and extensive annual publications alsa
Issued by them, the United States Digesf and the
Statutes at Large the latter being the authorized
edition of the Acts of Congress, got up in much
better style, both for reference aud preservation,
than under the old regime Of public printing AZ
Washington, which included the annual statutes,
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