The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-03-11
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ENGLISH REPORTS IN LAW AND
EQUITY.
Proposals by LITTLE & BRows, III Ipashingio
street. Boston, for publishing by subscription
series Of Lap and Equity Reports.
| INHE want of some system by which the decision
| Il and judicial opinions Of the several Courts Q
| Law and Equity in England can be more prompt
ly and cheapy furnished to the legal profession il
this country, has long been seriously felt and &c
knowledged To meet similar want in England
the "Laio Journal Reports" and ''Ihe Jurist,
which together report decisions in all The Courts ~
Lar and Equity, within few weeks after thel
delivery, were commenced a number OF year,
since, and have met with the universal approba
ton of the legal profession. Their high cost, how
,ver, has hitherto prevented their general clrcu'
lation III this country, and their merits are as yet
but little known among u.s.
| The subscribers propose To repuOllsh 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-
terences to analogous American decisions.
Each number will consist OF over three hundred
pages closely printed octave, on the best paper and
in clear fair type, and will contain table OF cases,
and full table of contents, thus forming COM
piete volume by itself, as well part OF an en-
tire series. Every alternate second number will
be PACED consecutively from the number lmme-
diatey preceding, and will contain table OF cases,
and of con tents TO both, and thus form a complete
volume, ready for binding, of orer sr hundred pages
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 best reports of England or this
country.
tits designed to make this a PERMANENT PUBL
CATION, and thus establish series OF English
Law and Equity Reports, which shall, in all re-
5pects, 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 t,ro gears before they
could ote,cise BE- obtained and long before the pub
LEGATION of the contemporaneous decisions of most
OF our tribunals.
The price of this publication will be $40 for
twelve numbers, payable in advance, for the elk
volumes, handsomely and uniformly bound in law
sheep, Sl2
The parts will he sold separately, il desired, at
81 each.
Sings volume, bound, 50 %.
Parts /. and H.. stitched or Vol J., 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 the publication of the first
DER:
Letter from Hon Willard Fillmore, President of the
United States.
WAsHISGToN; 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 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
terest 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 illumined its profoundest 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
some years had been in the habit of receiving
these in '' condensed" FORM This condensation
however, consisted not in an abbreviatiOn of each
case, but selection from the several cases. and
was often annoyed by finding a reference to cases
in the Dlgests, which deemed very important
wholly omitted in the condensed reports"
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
made some time since to republish the whole
II the English Reports entTe, can be repubshed
with despatch in this country, Mt price go low as
TO bring them within the reach OF the members of
the bar generally, conceive that il will confer
great benefit upon the profession and the judiciary
and consequently upon the country az large. Know
ing your enterprise anticipate your success, and
y
Dc equal TO your merits. | your obedent
servant. WILLARD FILLMORE.
From. Ms Nelc York Liierary World.
Mcssrs. Little 4 Brown, Of Boston, whose law
books, In point Of typograp hical execution, vie
with the beet similar issues Of the English press
and 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 ba..s of this series, Of which the first num-
Der il before us, ere the Lar Journal Reports and
the Jlyisf two English serials which communicate
10 the British Bar within few weeks after their
delivery, the prominent decisions of all the courts
from tie House Of Lords 10 the Court Of Bankrupt
cy and ottar tribunals Of limited but practically
importapt jurisdiction. This excellent arrange
ment might be followed with great advantage in tina
country, for the purpose OF obviating the delay
which necessarily attends the issuing of the regu-
lar volumes Of reports Of particular courts and
VIC are glad ~ see the enterprise OF our legal pub
iehers ayailing themselves Of II, 20 introduce the
English Reports promptly and regularly 10 the pro-
fess,on The authority Of Westminster Hall has ost
nothing Cf its sanction and tie permanently high
character OF the English judiciary gives TO their
authorizations a continued weight and decisive In.
nuence with our courts Hitherto the difficulty has
been THAI the reported csses there have grown old
befDre they could be quoted and applied mere, and
there yas no way IN which the current jurispru-
dence and sdludicaiions Of the day in the English
courts could be made available by the American
bar except al great expense and by continual yig.
lance This difficulty Messrs. Little Browns
REPORTS will remove; the cases decided in the
oueen's Bench che Common Pleas, and the Ell
cLeouer Chamber in suuary, will be ready Tor de.
livery here in April or May, long before adJudged
cases OF the S4.nc date in our own courts appear IN
the regular report. ~ which they arc perp5tuated.
Nearly two years will thu. be gained over the pre-.
sent system, which requires decay until the large
volume Of authorized reports is published on the
other side and has then been reprinted on this.
one s9yantags Of the present series is, that the
decisions which Il gives those Of courts in banc,
the deliberate judgments Of the bench, and not the
Lea reliable decisions at Nisi Prius, which, how
eyer interesting in many instances. do not carry
with them the same authority and force.
! The Reports are edited by T.. II. Bennett and
Chauncy Smith, csqs., Of the Boston bar and their
! .vstcInati- arrangement, and the care with which
/ the notes. index. &c, are prepared, evidence the
thorough manner in which tho proposed series will
] be carried out.
I'm this connc1ion We take pleasure in advcrtne
10 Messrs Little aud Browns other legal publica
tions, among which arc included many ofthe mos
copspicuOus and authoritative treatises Of our uris
/ nrudence. Judge Storys works, for ming library
/ almosl ei themselves, and familiar for their higt
! value and extensive reputation 70 American read