The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-02-10
Es0LlsH REPORTS IN LAW AND
EQUITY.

series Of Lam and Equity Reports.
'INliE 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 cheaply furnished to the legal profession in
THIS country, has long been seriously felt and ac-
knowiodged. To meet similar want in England,
the ''Lao Journal Reports" and 1.-The Jurist, -
which, Together, report decisions in all The Courts in
Idio and Equity, within few weeks after their
delivery, were commenced number of years
since, and have met with the universal approba-
tion 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
The subscribers propose to republish these re-
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 oi
Queens Bench, the Court of Common Pleas, the
Court OF Exchequer and Exchcqucr Chamber, the
Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts, the Court of
Bankruptcy, including alec 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 (November) term, 1850, and will be carefully
edited by n member OF the bar, with notes and re-
erences to analogous American decisions.
Each number will consist of over three hundred
Iages closely printed octave, the best paper, and
IN clear, fair type, and will contain table ofcases
aud a full table Of contents, thus forming com
plete volume by itself, well n part of
tire series. Every alternate second number will
be PACED consecutively from the number imne-
diately preceding, and will contain table of cases
and of contents to both, and thus form complete
volume, ready for binding, % sir hundred pages
In each volume the of the several courts will
be found arranged together and i'll point of style
aud typographical execution, this series will be
fully equal to the best reports VI England or this
country.
tits des gned 10 make this a PERMANENT PUBL
CATION, and thus establish n series of English
Law and Equity Reports, which shall, in all re-
spects, be far in advance of any other reprint OF
English Reports il this country, and which shall
furnish to the American lawyer the decisions of
Westminster Hall, nearly tDo years before they
could otherwise be obtained, and long before the pub
fcation of the contemporaneous decisions of most
OF our own tribunals.
The price OF this publication will be so for
twelve numbers, payable in advance, for the six
volumes, Handsomely aDd uniformly bound in law
sheep, ) II.
The parts will be sold separately, il desired, at
) each.
Single volume, bound, 50 %.
Parts ]. and ii. stitched, Vol. l.. bound in law
sheep, containing reports of hundred and
eighty eight cases, now ready for delivery
The following among the opinions of this
work expressed on the publication OF the first num-
per-
Letter from Hon Milard Fillmore, President of the
United States.
WAsHIsaTos, April 10 1851.
JAMES BRowS, ESQ: My DEAR SIR-Some avs
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 case reported in England; and
now have your letter of the 9Th instant, inquiring
my opinion of the enterprise.
While pursuing my profession, took deep in
tcrcst 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 ilumined its proioundest depths. con-
slider law library complete that does not contain
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
thosc in a. condensed" form. This condensation,
however, consisted not ia an abbrcviation of each
rase, bat selection from the several cases. and
was often annoyed by finding reference 10 cases
in the Digests, which ] deemed very important
wholly omitted in the " condensed reports"
therefore hailed with great effort which
was made SOME time since 10 repubsh the whole.
II the English Reports entire, can be republishcd
with despatch in this country at price 50 low as
10 bring them within the reach Of the members OF
the bar generally, conceive that il will confer a
great benefit upon the profession and the judiciary,
ADD consequently upon the country at large. Know
ing your enterprise, anticipate your success and
can only express the hope that your reward may
bc equal 10 your merits. ] am your obcdiCnt
servant. WILLARD FILLMORE
fYon tts NstD York Literary World
Nlcssrs. Little a Brown, of Boston, whose law
With the hcst similar issues Of the English press
aud n point Of value and importance are inferior
10 none IN tins country, have Just commenced the
public alton Of legal series deserving the especial
attention Of the profession throughout tho country
The basis Of this series, Of which the first mum
Ter h before Ne, the Jdtc Journal RepOTts and
sic Jirist two En- .lish serials " hich communicate
90 the British Bar within few weeks after their
delivery, the prominent decisions Of all the cslrts
from te Ilouse Of Lords 10 the Court Of Bankrupt
y, and other tribunals Of Limited but prsctioaly
important jurisdiction. This excellent arrange
mcnt might be followed with great dyanta &c ia thi,
- -
which necessarily attends the issuing OF The gu
lar volumes Of reports Of particular courts and
glad Ia sec the enterprise Of our lcgal pub
sbc-s ayaiiing Themselves Of IL, 10 introduce the
Eu glish Reports promptly aud regularly 10 the pro-
ics1iOn. The authority Of Westminster Hall as lost
nothing OF its sanction and the permanently high
haractcr Of the English judiciary gives to their
sdiudi, atoms n continued weight and decisive in
nucnCc with courts. Hitherto the difficulty has
been that the reported cases there have grown old
before they could he quoted and applied here, and
there Was no wsy IN which the current jurispru-
Deuce and adJudiCatiOns Of the day in the Enrlish
courts could be made available BY the American
bar. except at great c1pcnsc and by continual ya-
lance. This difficulty Mcssrs. Little 4 Browns
Reports will remove; the cases decided ia the
queens Bench, the Common Pleas, aud the En-
'h,qOcr Chamber On January, will h. ready Tor de-
livery here in April or May, long before aIiudgcd
.ascs Of the same date in own courts appear IN
tbo regular reports IN which they pcrpctuatcd.
Nearly ycars viii thus bc gained over the pre-.
a,ut Fyscm, which requires delay until the large
volume Of authorized reports is published on the
other eide snJ has then been reprinted on this.
one advantage OF the present series is, that the
decisions which u glNcs those Of courts n bauc
thc deliberate judgments Of The bench and not the
Ices reliable decisions at Nii Prtus which how
ever interesting ia many instances. do not carry
With them the same authority and force.
The Reports arc edited by r. " Bennett and
Chauucy Smith, csqs. Of the Boston lar, and their
systematic arrangement, aud the care with which
m, notes. index &c, arc prepared, evidence the
thorough manner in which The proposed series will
D., carried out.
Ia this connection VIC take pleasure in advertinr
90 Messrs. Little aud Browns other legal pubiCa-
tons, among which are included many Of the most
conspicuous and authoritative trcatiscs Of COR iurs
prudence. Judge Story's works, for ming library
almost 81 themselves, aud familiar for their high
value and extensive reputation 60 American read
ere in general, az wcH 40 20 che legal profession
have all issued from their press az have alec the
cral works ~ Professor Crecnleaf Two very
valuable and extensive annual publications are aiso
isfl,d ~ them, tie limited Niafes Dig,st and tho
statute ~ Lnrge; the latter being the authorized
edition If The Acts Of Congress, rot up in much
ls Scr style, t1tb for reference and preservation
tlftu under toe old ySriDs ~ public printing az
IS tfhugtun, which included the annual statutes
rui ut them forth 90 The world thin paper and
Iu Dad type