The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-13

Propos0ts 6y LITTLE BhowN, liz WGshsngt0p
street. Boston, Publishing by subscription peso
s<ri<s Of Lao and Equity Rsporfs
THE want of some system by which the decisions
i and judicial opinions Of the several Courts OF
Law and Equity in England can be more prompt
Y and chsapy furnished to the legal profession In
knowiedged To meet similar want in England,
the "Law Journal Reports," and s'1he Juyist,"
which, together, report decisons in all the Courts IN
LGW and Equity, within few weeks after their
since, and have met with the universal approba-
ton Of the legal profession. Their high cost, how
ever, has hitherto prevented their general circu-
lation in this country, and their merits yet
but little known among US.
The Subscribers propose to republish these re-
ports In full as fast as they appear in England and
can be received here. They will contain reports
Of cases decided in the House OF Lords, the Privy
Council the several Courts Of Equity, 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.
These reports will be published in numbers or
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-
fcrences to analogous American decisions.
Each number will consist of over three hundred
Res closely printed octave, 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. as we'll "a part of an en-
tire series. Every alternate second number will
be PACED consecutivey from the number imme-
daeiy preceding, and will contain table Of cases.
and Of contents TO both, and thus form complete
volume, ready for binding, OF oU sr hundred pager
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 beat reports OF England or this
country.
tits designed to make this PERMANENT PUBL
~ tt,.,an klist, f,f nn
Law and Equity Reports, which shall, in all re-
spects, 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 too gears before they
could otherwise be obtained, and long before the pub
LEGATION OF the contemporaneous 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 aid uniformly bound in law
sheep, $l2.
The parts will be sold separately, if desired, at
8 each.
Single volume, bound, So 25.
Parts ]. 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 frat mum.
Letter from Hon. Millard Fillmore, President Of the
United States.
WAsHiNGToN, April Is, 1851.
JAMES BRowN, ESQ.,: MY DEAR SIR-Some days
since received, by the hand of the Postmaster
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 etter 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 of
England, have shed lustre upon the Common
Law, and illumined its profoundest depths. con-
totv
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 a Z" condemned" form. This condemnation,
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 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, can be republished
with despatch in this country, at price 30 low as
TO bring them within the reach of the members of
the bar generally, conceive that 1t 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 obcdient
servant, WILLARD FILLMORE.
From the Ne,c York Literary World.
Messrs. Little s. 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 Lair 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
tov.k
mont might be followed with great advantagein 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
glad to see the enterprise Of our legal pub
fishers availing themselves oft, to 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
adjudicatons continued weight and decisive in
fiuence with courts. Hitherto the difficulty has
been that the reported cases thore have grown old
before they could be quoted and applied here, and
dence and adjudications Of the day in the English
| courts could be made available by the American
bar, except ut great expense and BY continual vigil
/ lance This difficulty Messrs. Little & Browns
Reports will remove; the cases decided in the
Queens Bench the Common Pleas, and the Ex-
cheguer Chamber in January, will be ready for de-
livery here in April or May, long before adjudged
cases of the same date in our own courts appear in
tho regular reports in which they are perpetuated
Nearly two years will thus be gained over the pre-
sent system, which requires delay until the large
volume of authorized reports is published on the
other side and has then been reprinted on this.
! One advantage of the present series is, that the
decisions which it gives are those Of courts in bGnc
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 edited BY E. H. Bennett and
Chauncy Smith, esqs, of the Boston bar, and their
Systematic arrangement, and the care with which
4 the notes, index, &C., are prepared, evidence the
thorough manner in which the proposed series will
I be carried out.
| In this connection we take pleasure in advertine
! to Messrs. Little and Browns other legal publica.
| tons, among which are included many of the mos
conspicuous and authoritative treatses of our juris
prudence. Judge Story's works, for ming library
almost OF themselves, and familiar for their high
value and extensive reputation TO American read
ers in general, well as to the legal profession
have ali issued from their press; have also the
several works OF Professor Greenleaf Two very
valuable and extensive annual publications are also
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