The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-03-03
ENGLISH REPORTS IN LAW AND
EOUUrpK

ENGLISH REPORTS IN LAW AND
EQUITY.
| Proposals by LiTTLE Bows, III Washing Ton
street, Boston, for publishing BY subscription ncu
ser'es Of Laio and Equity Reports
| INiiE want OF some system by which the decisions
and Judicial opinions of the several Courts OF
law and Equity in England can be more prompt
iy and chcaply furnished to the legal profession in
this country, has long been seriously felt and ac-
| knowlodged. To meet similar want in England
| the "I>aio Journal REPORTS" and 1.-The Juist, +"
which, together, report decisions in all The Courts IL.
! Lar and Equity, within few weeks after their
! delivery, were commenced number of years
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 III this country, and their merits are as yet
but little known among us.
Inc subscribers propose to ropublish these re-
ports IN fulI 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 Prvy
Council, The several Courts of Equity the Court Of
Queens Bench, the Court of Co,r.;non Pleas, the
Court OF Exchequcr and R:chequer Chamber, the
Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts the Court of
Bankruptcy ifoiuding also the Election cases, the
Crown Cases Reserved, and the Railway and Canal
Gases.
These reports will be published in numbers or
parts, commencing with the decisions of Michael
mas (Novcmbcr) term, 1850, and WIZ be carefully
edited by member of the bar, with notes and re-
icrences to analogous American decisions.
Each nunbcS @Ill consist OF over three hundred
pages c'osey printed octave the beet paper. and
~ clear, fair type and will contain table OF cases,
and 4 full table Of contents thus forming COM
plctc volume by itself, we'll AS part of an en-
tire series Every alternate second number viii
be PACED consecutively from the number i,ime-
diateiy preceding and will contain cable of cases.
and al contents TO both, end taus form complete
volume, ready for binding, foper SIR hundred pages
IN each volume the of the several courts will
be found arranged together and, in point Of style
and typogra phical execution this series will be
fully equal to the best reports of England or this
country.
Its designed to make this a PERMANENT PUBL
CATION, and thus establish series of English
Law and Equity Reports, which shall, in all re-
spccts, be far - advance of any other reprint CT
English Repurs in this country, and WIFI shall
furnish 10 the American lawyer t.e decisions of
Westminster Hall, nearly loo years before then
could otherwise 6s obtoed and long before the pub.
LEGATION OF the oontemporancous decisions Of most
OF our cvn tribunals.
The price of this publication will be $40 for
twelve numbers payable III advance, or for the six
volumes, handsomely and uniformly bound in law
sheep, s II.
The parts will be sold separately, il desired, at
! | each.
Sings volume bound, 50 25
Parts |. and H., stitched, or Vol / bound in law
sheep, containing reports OF 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-
0er
Letter from Hon. Willard Fillmore, President of The
United States.
WAsHrNGToS, April - lS5l.
JAMES BRows, Esq: My DEAR SIR-Some davs
sncc | received, by the hand OF the Postmaster
General, the first number of the English Reports.
which you propose 20 rcpublsh in this country,
comprising every case reported in England and
now have your letter of the 9th instant inauirinp
nay opinion of the enterprise.
While pursuing my profession, took deep in.
icrcst IN publications OF this kind The able
judges who have adorned the judicial tribunals of
England, have shed lustre upon the Common
Law, and iurnined it's proioundest depths con
slider no Law library complete that does not contain
thflr principal reports ia Law and Equity and in
th;ir Eccleslasucsi Courts, and in Admiralty. For
come years bad been in the habit of receiving
these in a Z" condensed" form. This condemnation
however, consisted, not In an abbrcviaton of each
rnse, but selection from the several cases. and
was often annoyed by finding a reference to cases
In the Digcsts, which ! deemed very important
wholly omitted IN the "cOndsrsed reportsn
Therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
was made some tune since 10 rcpubsh the whole
II the English Reports entire can be republshed
WIN dcLpatch IN this country, at price 80 low az
10 LIng them within tho reach of the members of
the bar generally, conceive that il will coufcr
great benefit upon the profession and tho judiciary
and consequently upon the country at large. Know
ing your enterprise, anticipate your success and
. iflA bulJ iNt1s TIC nope lial your reward
be equal to your merits / aIn your obedient
servant, WILLARD FILLMORE.
From Me Nerr York Literary IIIorld.
Ncssrs. Little Brown, Of Boston, whose law
hooks, in point Of typographical execution, vic
with the best similar Issues of the English press
aud In point Of value and importance arc inferior
70 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, 81 which the first num-
hcr is before us, are the Lac yOpnci Reports and
the Guisf two English serials which communicate
e. tire 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.
mont might be followed with great advantagein this
country, Tor the purpose Of OJylating the delay
which necessarily attends the issuing of the regu-
lar volumes Of reports Of particular courts and
Nc glad 10 see the enterprise Of our LEGAL pub
hsb'-s ayailing Themselves OF II, 10 introduce the
English RcpOrt5 promptly and regularly 10 the pro-
frs-on The authority of Wcstuin.ter Hall has Loaf
nothing Of it, sanction ; and the permanently high
character Of the English judiciary gives to their
atiUdiostiOus a continued weight and decisive in
iucnce with our courts Hitherto the difficulty las
been that the reported cases there have grown old
before they could be quoted and applied mere, and
there was no way IN which the current iurspru-
dcucc and adJudCatiOus Of the day ia the English
courts could be made available by tho American
succ. This difficulty Mcssrs. Little 4 Browns
Reports will remove; the cases decided in the
Quccn's Bench, the Common Pleas, and tho TX.
ch,quCr Chamber IN January, will be- ready for dc.
livery here in april or May, long before adjudgcd
-ascs o. the same date n oar own courts appear in
she regular reports in which they are pcrpctuatod
Nearly two years will thus be gained over the pre-.
s-nt system, which requires delay until the large
volume IT authorized reports is published on the
other side and has then been reprinted on this
Dlc advantage Of the prcEcnt series is, that the
decisions which 10 givcs those Of courts in barc
TIE deliberate judgments Of the bench, and not the
!css reliable decisions al Nisi Prtu' which, how
ever interesting ia many instances, DO not carry
Nth them The same authority and force.
The Reports are edited by T.. n Bennett and
Cnluncy Smith, esqs., Of the Boston bar, and their
systcinati5 arrangement, aud the care with which
,ig notes, index. &c, arc prepared, evidence the
thorough manner ia which the proposed series will
uc carried out.
ln THE connection We take pleasure boz advcrtng
q Mossrs. Little and Browns other legal publica-
tons, among which are included many OF the must
con picu0us aud authoritative trcatscs of our uris
pr4rcncc. Judge Story's works, for u.ng library
almost II themselves, and familiar Tor their high
value and extensive reputation to American read
ere in general a. well as % the LEGAL profession