The republic., 1852-01-10
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knowledgcd. To meet a similar want in England
/ the ''Laio Journal Reports" and "Ihe Joirist, y
which, together report decisions IN all The Courts ia
La,c and Equity, within few weeks after their
delivery, were commenced n 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 in this country, and their merits yet
! but httle known among
The subscribers propose to rcpublish 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
Z Court OF Exchequer and Exchcquer Chamber, the
/ Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts, the Court of
bankruptcy including also the Election cases, the
Crown Cases Reserved, and the Railway and Canal
Cascr.
These reports will be published in numbers or
parts, commencing with the decisions OF Michael
mas (Novcmber) term, 1850, and will be carefully
edited by member OF the bar, with notes and re-
iercnces to analogous American decisions.
Each number will consist Of over three hundred
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 COM
piete vol ume by itself, as well as part of an en-
tire series Every alternate or second number will
be PACED consecutively from The number imme-
dately preceding, and will contain table Of cases,
and of contents to both, and thus form a complete
volume, ready for binding, of Ouer 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 this
country.
lis designed 10 make this PERMANENT PUsLI-
CATION, and thus establish series Of English
Law and Equity Reports, which shall, in all re-
spects, be far in advance of any other reprint Of
Ed glsh Reports in this country, and which shall
furnish to the American lawyer the decisions Of
Westminster Hall, nearly ttco years before they
could oths,cise be obtained and long before the pub
licaton of the contemporaneous decisions of most
of our own tribunals.
The price of this publication will be SO for
twelve numbers, payable in advance, or for the six
volumes, handsomely aAd uniformly bound in law
sheep, Sl2
The parts will be sold separately, il desired, at
s each.
Sing, volume, bound, 81 25
Parts l. and H.. stitched, or Vol. L., bound in law
sheep containing reports of one hundred and
eighty eight cases, now ready ior delivery.
The following are among The opinions OF this
work expressed on the publication of the first num-
Letter from Hon Nilard Fillmore, President of the
United States.
WAsHISGroS, April l3 1851.
JAMES BRowS, ESQ.,: My DEAR SIR-Some days
since | received, by the hand of the Postmaster
General, the first rumber of the English Reports,
which you propose 20 rcpublish in this country.
comprising every case reported IN England; and !
have yoIr lotter of The 9th instant, inquiring
my opinion Of the enterprise.
While plrsulng my profession, ! took deep in
Judges who have adorned the judicial tribunals of
Engiard, have shed n lustre upon the Common
Law, and illumincd its profoundest depths con-
slider no law library complete that does not contain
their principal reports iu Law and Equity, and in
their r;cclesastical 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 abbreyiation Of each
case, but n selection from the several CAGES, and
was often annoyed by hDding n reference TO cases
in the Digests, which deemed very important
wholly omitted in the "condrnsed reports"
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
was made soms tune since TO republish the whole
II the English Reports entire, can be repubished
with despatch in this country, at price so low as
10 bring them within the reach OF the members of
the bar generally, conceive that it will confer
great benefit upon le profession and the judiciary
and consequently upon the country at large. Know
ing your enterprise | anticipate your success, and
cen only express The hope that your reward may
be equal TO your merits. ! your obedient
servant. MILLAF D FILLMORE
Fro4. ne Nsro York Literary IpoyId.
Messrs Little & Brown, of Boston, whose law
books IN point Of typographical execution, vie
with the best simiiar issues of the English press
and in point of value and importance are inferior
10 none ia THE 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 j. before US, the IGD Journal Reports and
the yarist two Eaglish serials which communicate
60 he British Bar within few weeks after their
delivery the prominent decisions Of all the courts
from the Hor. of Lords to the Court o Bankrupt
cy and o her tribunals OF limited bot practically
important jurisdiction. This excellent arrange.
ment might followed vii great advantage in this
country, for the purpO5e Of obviating the delay
which necessarily attends the issuing of the regu-
lar volumes Of reports OF particular courts and
We are glad TO the enterprise o. our legal pub
shers availing themselyes OF IL, 20 introduce the
English Report promptly md regularly TO the pro-
fession The authority OF Westminster Hall has lost
nothing Of its sanction and the permanently high
character OF the English Judiciary gives to their
Adiudcations q continued weight and decisive in
huonce with our courts Hitherto the difficulty has
been that the reported cases there have grown old
before they could be quoted and applied here, and
there was no way in which the current jurispru-
deuce and cdiudcations of the day in the English
courts could be made ave liable by the American
bar except at great expense and by continual vgi-
lance This difficulty Messrs. Little & Browne
Reports will remove; the cases decided in the
Queens Berch, the Common Pleas, and the FI
chequer Chamber in January, will be ready for de-
livery here in April or May long before adjudged
cases Of the date in our own courts appear in
the egular reports in which they are perpetuaed.
Nearly two years will thus be gained over the pre-.
sent system, which requires delay until the large
volume Of authorized reports is published on the
other side and has then been reprinted on this.
One advantage Of the present series is, that the
decisions which II gives arc those Of courts In banc,
the deliberate judgments OF the bench, and not the
tess reliable decisions al Nisi Prius, which, how
ever interesting in many instances, do not carry
With them the same authority and force.
The Reports 2 edited bv r. III. Bennett and
Chauncy Smith, cSqs., of the 3oston bar. and their
syztematis arrar gement, and the care with which
the notes, index, &c, are prepared, evidence the
thorough name in which the proposed series will
be carried out.
In this counc1iOn we take pleasure In advoriing
To Messr3. Ltlc and Browns other legal publca-
tions among which arc included many oftho most
conspicuous ard authoritative treatses Of our uris-
] prudence. Jrdge s.ory's works, for ming library
almost oi themselves, and familiar for their hi gl
value and extensive reputation TO American read
ers in general, ~ well as 90 thc legal profession
have all Issued from their prcss; have alec the
scvcral works OF Professor Greenleaf. Two very
valuable and * ,elsyc annual publications asC
lssued 10y ttcm, the United Siotes Digtr and the
STATUTES ot Large; The latte being the authorized
edition Of tbe Acts Of Congress, got up in much
better style, both for reference and preservation
than under the old regime Of public printing al
: Washington, which included the annual statutes
and sent them forth 10 the world on thin paper and
! IN bad type.
Prom tbe Ne,c York Eyening Post.
Little & Brown. Of Boston, TO whose cntorprisc
the reading public has ~ often been indebted for
The most valuable American and foreign books
propose 10 publish, by subscription, new series o.
the English Reports IN Law aud Equity. This Sc
rios will contain all the authoritative decisions o.