The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-03-02
ENGLISH REPouTs IN LAW AND
EQUITY.


EQUITY.
Proposals. by LrTlE & BRowS, ll2 Washingfo,
street, RGstOn for publishing by subscription ne
series Of Lao and Equity Reports.
! tNHE want OF some system 10y which the decisions
l. and judicial opinens OF the several Courts Of
law and Equity in England can be more prompt
~ and cheaply furnished 10 the legal profession in
this country, has long been seriously felt and ac-
knowledged. To meet similar want in En- gland
= the Lam JoGnal Reports" and the jpist,' y
WINCH fcseIier report decisions in eli The Courts IN
tato and Equity, within few weeks after their
/ delivery, were commenced n 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-
iation IN this country, and their merits as yet
but little known among US.
The subscribers propose to republish these re-
ports IN iuil 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 Exchcquer and Exchequer Chamber, the
Eccleslastcal 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
| parls commencing with the decisions of Michael
mae November) term, 1850, and will be carefully
edlted by member of the bar with notes and re-
! icIences to analogous American decisions.
Each number Will consist of over three hundred
/ ran
In clear, fair type, and will contain table of cases
and iull table OF contents, thus forming com
/ pete volume by itself, we'll rs part of an en-
tlrc series. Every alternate second number will
| be PACED consecutivey from the number ilnIne-
diatoly preceding, and will contain table of cases
ana OF contents TO BOTH and thus form complete
volume, ready for binding, peer 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
.uity equal TO the best reports of England or this
country.
It'll designed to make this a PERMANENT PUBL
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
English Reports in This country, and which shall
icInlsh TO the American lawyer the decisions of
Westminster Hall, nearly fico gears before then
could otietrise bo obtained and long before the pub
LEGATION OF the contemporancous decisions of most
OF our own tribunals.
The price of this publication will be $40 for
twelve numbers payable in advance, or for the six
volumes, handsomely AID uniformly bound in law
sheep, ) II.
The parts will be sold separately, il desired, at
5 each.
Sings volume, bound, 81 30.
Parts !. and H., stitched, or Vol l., bound in law
sheep, containing reports OF one hundred and
eighty eight cases, now ready for delivery.
The following among the opinions of tbis !
work expressed the publication of the first num-
OCT
Letter from Hon Mil.iud Fillmore President of m,
United States
WAsHISeToN, April 10 1851.
JAMES BRowS, Esq: My DEAR SIR-Some davs
since | received, by the hand of the Postmaster
General the first number of the English Reports,
winch 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 N publications of this kind The able !
~ s-4a.t a,h i A.. III
England, have shed lustre upon the Common
Law, and illumined its profoundest depths con-
sder 10 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 a /" condensed" form. This condensation,
however consisted, not in an abbrevation of each
rase, but selection from the several cases and
was often annoyed by finding reference TO cases
in the Digests, which ! deemed very important
wholly omitted in the - condensed reports" |
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
was made soute time since to rcpublish the whole
If the English Reports entire, be republlshed
with despatch in this country, at price 50 low az
TO bring them within the reach of the members of
the bar generally, conceive that it will confer
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 NAV
be equal to your inertia / am your obedien.
servant, WILLARD FILLMORE.
From NE Ne,D York Literary World.
NIessrs. Little K Brown, Of Boston, whose law
looks, IN point Of typographical execution, vie
with the best similar issues Of the English nress
and in point of value and importance are inferior
20 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, Of which the first num-
Der is before US, the Laic Journal Reports and
the Jtnist, two English serials which communicate
70 the British Bar within few weeks after their
delivery, the prominent decisions OF all the cpirts
from the House OF Lords 10 the Court Of Bankrupt-
cy. and other tribunals Of limited but practically
important jurisdiction. This excellent arrange.
ment might be followed with great advantage in this
country, for the purpose of obviating the delay
which necessarily attends the issuing of the reg-
lar volumes Of reports Of particular courts : and
glad to sec the enterprise Of our legal pub
fishers ayailing themselves OF IT, % Introduce the
English Reports promptly and regularlyto the pro-
cssOn. The authority OF Westminster Hall has lost
nothing Of its sanction and the permanently high
character Of the English judiciary gives TO their
lcludicatOns a continued weight and decisive in
iuence 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 10 which the current jurspru-
dcnoc and adJudicatons Of the day in the English
courts could be made available by the American
bar except az great expense and by continual yigi
lance. This difficulty Messrs. Little & Browns
Reports will remove; the decided in the
queens Bench, the Common Pleas, and the Er
chcqucr Chainber IN January VIII be ready FOR de-
livery here ia April or May, long before adiudged
cases Oi the same date in our own courts appear IN
tho regular reports IN which they are pcrpetuatcd
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 aud has then been reprinted on this
One advantage Of the present series is, that tho
decisions which IL gives those Of cOurts ia banc
toe deliberate judgments Of the bench and not the
les reliable decisions at Nisi Priu which, how
ever interesting in many instances, do not carry
With them the same authority and force.
The Reports are edited by l.. II. Bennett aud
Chauncy Smith, csqs, II the Boston bar, and their
3ystemati5 arrangement, aud the care with which
the notes, index, &c, arc prepared evidence the
thorough manner Ia which the proposed series will
be carried out
IN this COnnc1iOn VIC take pleasure ia adyerting
% Messrs. Little and Browns other legal pubca- I
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