The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-02-23
ENGLISH REPORTS In Law AND
EQUITY

ever, has hitherto prevented their general crcu
ation in this country, and their merits ye
= but little known among US.
The subscribers propose to republish thcse re
ports in full as fast as they appear in England ano
I 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 81
Queens Bench, the Court of Common Pleas, tn,
Courtof Exchcquer and Exchcquer Chamber, the
Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts, the Court o.
Bankruptcy including also the Election cases, the
Crown Cases Reserved, and the Railway and Cana
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parts, commencing with the decisions Of Michael
mas (Novcmber) term 1850, and will be carefully
edited by member of the bar, with notes and
iercnccs to analogous Anne ican decisions.
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pages closely printed octave, the best paper, and
in clear, fair type and will contain table of cases
and full table of contents, thus forming a com
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dately preceding and will contain table OF cases,
and of contents to both, and thus form complete
volume, ready for binding, sir hundred pages.
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and typographical execution, this series will be
fully equal to the best reports OF England or this
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spects, be far in advance of any other reprint of
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| furnish to the American lawyer the decisions Of
| Westminster Hall, nearly tDO years before they
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lication Of the contcmporaneous decisions of most
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| Ger:
Letter from Hon. DIard Fillmore, President of the
United States.
WAsHISGToS, April Is 1851.
JAMEs BRowN, ESQ: MY DEAR SIR-Sone days
sance | received by the hand Of the Postmaster
General the first number of the English Reports
which you propose to rcpublish in this country
| comprising every case reported in England; and
row have your letter of the 9th instant, nquiring
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 lustrc upon the Common
Law, and illumined its proioundest 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
these III &C condensed' form. This condensation
however, consisted, not in aDbrcyiation Of each
Glsc, but a selection from the several cases and
was often annoyed by finding reference to cases
III the Digcsts, which | deemed very important
wholly omitted in the 80 conderlSed reports'' |
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
was made some time since TO ropublish the whole.
II the English Reports entire, can be republished
with despatch in this country, at price 50 low es
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
snd 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 tie Mem York Literary World
Alessrs. Little K Brown of Boston, whose law
books, in point of typographical execution, vie
with the best similar issues of tho English prcss
aud 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 U.s. the LatC Journal Report, and
thc JIisf, two English serials which communicate 4
20 the British Bar, within few weeks after their
delivery, the prominent decisions of all the cnlrts
from the House of Lords TO the Court of Bankrupt
cy, and other tribunals Of limited but practically
important jurisdiction. This excellent arrange /
ulCnt might be followed with great advanagein this
country, for the purpose OF obviating the delay
which necessarily attends the issuing of the regi-
lar volumes of reports of particular courts and
we are glad to scc the enterprise of our legal pub
fishers ayailing themselves of il, TO introduce the
English Reports promptly and regularly to the pro- !
loas;on. The authority OF Wesmin.tcr Hall has lost
nothing Of lis sanction and the permanently high
character OF the English judiciary gives 10 their
authorizations a continued ght and decisive in
Nucncc with courts. Hitherto the difficulty has
been that the reported cascs there have grown old
before they could be quoted and applied here, and
there was no way in which the current jurspru- /
dcucc and adjuGicatiOns Of the day in the English
courts could be made available by the American l
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livery here in April or May, long before adjudged
cases oil the same date in our courts appear in
the regular reports in which they arc pcrpetuatcd ,
Nearly two years will thus DC gained over the pre-
cent systcm, which requires delay until the large
volume of authorized reports 10 published on the
other side and has then been reprinted on this.
One advantage Of the present series il, that the I
dc-isiUns which il gives those Of courts in Jrnc
the deliberate judgments Of the bench and not the
LEES reliable decisions at Ntst PTtus, which, how
ever interesting in many instances, do not carry /
vith them the same authority and force.
The Keports edited by f. III. Bennett and |
Chauncy smith, esqs, Ct the Boston bar, aud their
systcmatic arrangement, and the care with which |
the notes, index, &c, are prepared, evidence the /
thorough manner IN which the proposed series will /
be carried out.
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have all issued from their press; ne have ALEC the
several works Of Professor CrcenleaE Two very
valuable and extensive annual publications also
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Statutes NJ Large; the latter being the authorized
edition OF the ACts Of Congress, got up in much |
better style, both for reference and preservation,
than under the old regime Of public printing 1T [
Washington, which included the annual statutes,
and cont them forth to the world on thin paper and
IRA bad type
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