The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-22
ENGLISH REpORTs IN LAW AND
Equity,

ENaLIsu IMPORTS IN LAW AND
EQUITY.
Proposal, by LIrTIs & BRowE, ll2 Washington.
st'se Roston, for publishing by subscription ns,o
seriesof Lac and Equity Reports
fINHE want of some system by which the decisions
Il and judicial opinions 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 Eng gland
the "Laio Journal Reports" and "Ine Jurist,"
which together, report decisions in aHhe Courts in
Lar 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 lega! profession. Their high cost, how
ever, has hitherto prevented their general circu-
iation IN this country, and their merits are as yet
but little known among
The subscribers propose to republish these re
ports in full as fast 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 aeyeral 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
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-
ferences 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 n full table Of contents thus forming com
petc volume by itself, well part of an
tire series Every alternate or second number will
bc PACED consccutively from the number immc-
datcly preceding and will contain table of cases,
and of contents to both, and thus form complete
volume, ready for binding, of 0per Sirhundred pages
In each volume the Of the several courts will
be found arranged together, and, in point of style
and typographical execution, this series will DC
country.
Its designed to make this pERmAsENT PUBL,
CATION and thus establish series of English
Law and Equity Reports, which shall, in all re-
spccts, 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 toO years before they
could othtcse be obtained, and long before the pub
lication of the contcmporaneous decisions of most
vi our own tribunals.
The price of this publication will be $40 for
twelve numbers, payable in advance, for the six
volumes handsomely aid uniformly bound in law
sheep, = Il.
The parts will be sold separately, il desired at
s | each.
Single volume bound, 50 25
Parts and H., stitched, or Vol l., bound i'll law
sheep, containing reports OF hundred and
Ughty eight cases, now ready for delivery.
The following among the opinions of this
work expressed on the publication OF the first
LttfeT from Hon. DIiayd Fillmore President If the
United States.
WAsHINoToH, April - 1851.
JAMES BRowN, ESQ: My DEAR SIR-Sonc DAYS
SINCE | received, by the hand of the Postmaster
General, the fret number of the English Reports,
which you propose to republish in this country,
comprising every case reported In England; and l
now have your letter of the 9th instant inquring
my opinion of the enterprise.
While pursuing my profession, took a deep in
terest in publications of this kind. The able
Judges who have adorned the judicial tribunals of
England, have shed lustrc upon the Common
Law, and illumincd it's 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
come years had been III the habit of receiving
these in a 90 condensed' form. This condensation
however, conslsted, not in abbreyiation of each
case, but a 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 " condensed reports" |
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
was made some 1mc since TO republish the whole
If the English Reports entire, can be republished
with despatch IN this country, at price so low
TO 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
and consequently upon the country a large Know
ing your enterprise, anticipate your success and
can only express the hope that your reward may /
be equal to your merits. | am youa obedient /
servant, WILLARD FILDiORE
From hte Net, York Literary Jgorld
Messrs. Little & Brown, OF Boston, whore law /
books, in point Of typographical execution, vic 1
With the best similar Issues of the English press,
and IN POINT OF value and importance inferior /
10 none Ia this country, have Just commenced the
publication Of legal Gcrics, deserving the especial
attention OF The profession throughout the country
The basis Of this series, Of which the first num-
Der !s before us, the Larg Journal Reports and
the JUiSf two English serials which communicate
90 tho British Bar within few weeks after their
delivery, the prominent decisions Of al! the cburts
r. If a. a. q -.
~, aud other tribunals Of Limited but practically
important Jurisdiction. This excellent arrange
mcnt mig ht be followed with great advantage in THE
country, for the purpose of o5yiating the delay
which necessarily attends the issuing OF the rcgu-
lar voumc9 Of reports lpsruculnpcourts aud
We glad To see the enterprise oPour legal pub
hshcrs ayailing Themselves OF IT, 20 introduce the
Euglsh Reports promptly and regularly 10 the pro- I
lcsson. The authority Of Wcstminstcr Hall has lost
nothing Of its sanction and the permanently high .
character 81 the English judiciary gives TO their .
,djudications a continued weight aud decisive in. /
tucncc with our courts Hitherto the difficulty has .
been that the reported cascs there have grown old .
before they could be quoted and applied mere and /
there was no way IN which the current iurispru- \
Gcuoc and adIudcatiDus Of the day In the English .
courts could be made available by the American /
bar except 8t great expense aud by continual vigil
lance. This difficulty M'tsrs. Lutte x Brown's /
Reports will remove; the, cases decided la the I
Queens Bench. the Common Plras, and tho E1. /.
ohcqucr Chamber in January, will b. ready iordc
livery here 10 April or May. long before adiudgcd
cases Oi the same date 10 our courts appear IN
she regular reports in which They arc pcrp.tuatod.
Nearly two yoars will thus hc gained over the pre-
cent system, which rcquircs a delay until the large
volume ol authorized reports is published on the .
other side and has then Teen reprinted on this.
One advantage 81 the prcscnt series ig that the .
decisions which 30 gives those Of courts N jd,c
he deliberate judgments Of the bench, and not the
er7 reliable decisions az Ntsi Prits, which, how
ever interesting in many Instance, do not carry
with them tho same authority and force.
The Rcports ere edited by T.. u Bennett and
Ibauucy smith, csq8., If tho Boston bar and their
~ .tcmatIC arrangement, and tho care with which
zoe n0trs, index, &c, arc prepared, evidence the
thorough manner 300 which the proposed series will
ts carried out.
lu this oynncStHn We take pleasure iu odvcrting
t1 l,asfs. Li'ilc and Browne other legal publich-
tons, among which trr included many oi the most
rJu. pruous and authoritative trcatscs of our iurs-
prudence. Judge Stpry's works, i1r ming library
almost 81 tIcus,vcs and familiar Tor their high .
yt'rc Iud extensive reputation Co American read
Gre boz general as wcll os 10 On" ley5l profession
hsy, al issuCi irom their prcss; - have asJ the
several "urEs 81 Professor Grccnlclf Two very
valuable aud extensive annual publications arc also
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