The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-02-16
EHGLisu REPORTS IN LAW AND
EOyEEY.

LHGLisu RErOHTs IN LAW AND
EQUITY.
Proposals b. LITTLE ( Blows, liz Washington.
street Boston, Jor publishing BY subscriptions rfao
,series Qt Laio and Equity Exports.
gENHE want OF some system by which the decisions
1 and judicial opinions of the several Courts OF
Law and Equity in England can be more prompt
ly aud cheaply furnished TO the legal profession IN
this country, has long been seriously felt and ac-
knowlcdged TO meet similar want IN England,
the .sLaio Journal Reports" and '1he Jtuist :"
which, together, report decisions IN dA me Courts IN
IaIo aud Equity, within lew weeks after thelr
delivery, were commenced number of years
since, aud have met with the universal approba
tion OF the legal profession. Their high coat, how
ever, has hitherto prevented their general circu-
aiion in this country, and their merits are as yet
hat little known among us.
The subscribers propose TO republish these re-
ports in full as fast IA they appear In England and
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 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 Cnses Reserved, and the Railway and Canal
Gises.
These reports will be published in numbers or
larts commencing with The decisions of Michael
mas (Nov,nber) term, 1850, and will be carefully
edited by a member OF the bar, with notes and re-
iereuces to analogous American decisions.
Each number will consist of over three hundred
ages closely printed octave, on the best paper, and
"a clear fair type, and will contain table OF cases,
and n full table of contents, thus forming com
uiete volume by itself, well as part of an en-
IRE series. Every alternate or second number vii!
toe PACED consecutveiy from the number inme-
diately preceding and will contain table of caseo,
and OF contents TO both, and thus form complete
volume read for binding Of oper siI hundred pages.
n each volume the OF the several courts Will
hc found arranged together, and, in point OF style
and typographical execution, this series wlil be
iuly equal 10 the best reports OF England or thl5
country.
TIA designed to make this PERMANENT PuBLi.
cArlos and thus establish neio serieS of English
Law and EqG.iy Reports. which shall, IN all re-
spects be far in advance oil any other reprint oil
English Reportz IN his country, and which shall
furnish 10 the American lawyer the decisions OF
Westminster Hall, nearly tIro years before they
could oiieitcise be o5faed and long before the pub
location of the contempOrarc0us decisions OF most
ot our own tribunals
The price of this publication will DC $40 for
twelve numbers, payable in advance, or for the six
volumes handsomely and uniformly bound IN law
sheep, Il II,
fae parts will be cold separately, 1t desired, at
81 each.
.sing,e volume, bound, So %.
Parts l. aud H.. stitched or Vol. l., bound in law
rI,eep containing reports OF one hundred and
a; ghty- eight cases, now ready for delivery.
The following are among the opinions of this
york expressed the publication of the fret
Iets, from Hon Ailard Fillmore, President of The
United States.
WAsHSoroE. April - 1851.
JAMES BRowE, Esa.; My DEAR SIa-S0me days
s1nco | received by the hand Of the Postmaster
General, the fret number OF the English Reports,
which you propose to republish IN this country,
cumprising every CAGE reported in England; and
now have your letter OF the 9Th instant, nquiring
any opinion OF the enterprise.
While pursuing my profession, took deep in
tcresj 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 iumined lie proioundest depths. con-
slider 10 law library complete that does not contain
thcir 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 - condensed" form. This condensation,
however, oonslsted not in an abbreyiation CT each
ease, but selection from the several cases, and
WIS often annoyed by binding a reference TO cases
in the Digcsts, which deemed very important,
wholly omitted in the - condensed reports"
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
vas made some tlme since 10 repubiish the whole.
II the English Reports entire, can be ropubhshed
with despatch in this country, at price so low
20 bring tacm within the reach vi the members OF
tEe bar generally. conceive that il will confer a
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. / yoa. cLeden,
Gcryant, WILLARD FILLMORE
From tte Nels York Literary IVorld
Messrs Little & Brown, Of Boston, whose law
n ~.
With the best similar issues Of the English press
and I'M point Of value and importance arc inferior
60 none in this country, have Just commenced the
publication Of legal series, deserving the especial
attention OF the profession throughout the country
The tnsi6 Of this series, Of which the first num-
Ter il before us, the Lar Journal Reports and
the Jtuist two English serials which communicate
o. the Brtish Bar within q few weeks after their
delivery the prominent decisions OF all the cnlrts,
ff.n the House Of Iords 90 tle Court OF bankrupt
~. and other tribunals Of limited but practically
important jurisdiction. This excellent arrange.
fnent might be followed with great advantage IN this
country, for the purpose Of obyiIting the delay
which neceEs1riiy attends the Issuing OF the rcgu-
lar volumes Of reports Of particular courts and
NC arc glad TO the enterprise Of our legal pub
Isbc-s avsiling themselves Of Il, To introduce the
English Reports promptly and regularly to toe pro-
Z, ,on. The authority Of cstminster Hall has lost
nothing Of lie sanction and the permanently high
character OF the English Judiciary gives to their
atfudicatious n continued weight and decisive in
nlcnce with courts. Hitherto the difficulty has
been that the reported cases there have grown old
hsfOrc they could be quoted and applied here, and
tlcre was no way in which the current iurispru-
dsncc and adiudications II The day in thc English
courts could be made available by the American
uIr except % great eKpense and ~ continual yigi-
lance This difficulty Mossrs Little & Browns
Reports will remove; the cssrs decided in the
queens Bench, the Common Pleas, and the tx.
,h,qucr Chamber iu January, will be ready Tor de-
lysfy here in April " May, long before adjudgeI
,ses OF toe same date ~ own courts appear IN
the REGULAR reports in which they arc pCrp,tuatci
Nearly two years viii thus b. gained over the pre-
r,ut system, which roquircs delay until the large
,.Iuinc Of authorized ropOrts il published on the
.!Har side and has then been reprinted ON this.
Dus advantage 81 the present series b., that the
decisions which % scs are thosc Of courts in baac.
90. deliberate judgments II the bench, and not the
ir4s reliable ds.isious at Nisi Prius, which how
s.sr interesting in many instances, 90 not carry
nth thein tIc same authority and force.
The KspOrts arc edited by D. ~ Bennett aud
Chauucy Smith. esqs, 81 the Boston bar. and their
Eystcmaua arrangement, and the car. With which
tno notes index, &C., are prepared, evidence the
thorough manner ga which the proposed series will
Ie carried out.
in tiis connection we take pleasure in aIycrting
d. Ncssrs. Liuic and Browne Ot{icr legal pu1.ics
tuns among which are included many VI the most
rsnspcuOus and authoritative treati5cs OF Jur uris-
prudence. Judge stOry's works, iyr ming library
almost Of themselves, aud familiar for their high
value aud extensive reputation o. American read
s,s in general. well ~ % the legal profession,
have al issued from their pross; as have alec the
s,.sfal VOrks 81 Professor GrecncaL Two very
valuable aua extensive annual publications arc 1is9