The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-19
ENGLISH REPORTS IN LAW Ard
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ation IN this country, and their merits are yet
bur little known among u.s.
thc subscribers propose TO republish these re-
port5'in full fast 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 Exchequor 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
CaaeJ
These reports will be published in numbers or
PARTS, commencing with the decisions OF Michael
mas (Nuyembcr) term, 1850, and will be carefully
edited by member OF the bar, with notes and re-
icrcnccs to analogous American decisions
Each number will consist OF over thSee hundred
pages c.osey printed octave, on the bc<oaper, and
in clear, fair type and will contain table OF cases,
and full table OF contents, thus forming com
pictG volume by Itself, as well as part OF an en-
tire series. Every alternate or second number will
be PACED consecutiveiy from the number Imme-
daIely preceding and will contain table of cases,
and OF contents 10 both, and thus form complete
volume, ready for binding, of oUer siThlndred 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 be
fully equal to The best reports ot England or this
country.
l,is designed 10 make this a PgRmAEENr PUBL
CATION and thus establish neto sertts OF English
Law aud 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!
I
I Westminster Hall, nearly tiro gears before they
could othut,iJe be obtained and long before the pub
LEGATION OF the contemporaneous decisions OF most
of our own tribunals.
The price Of this publication will be $40 for
twelve numbers, payable in advance, for the SIX
volumes, Handsomely aild uniformly bound IN law
sheep, ! y.
The parts will DC sold separately, il desired, at
3 each.
Single volume, bound, 81 25.
Parts |. and H., stitched, or Vol l., bound IN law
sheep, containing reports OF one hundred and
lightweight cases, now ready for delivery.
The following among the opinions of this
york expressed the publication Of the first num-
Lettey from Hon Willard Fillmore, President of the
United States.
WAgHISGToy, April - 1851.
JAMES BrowN, ESQ: My DEAR SR-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
.l.y 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 iustre upon the Common
Law and iIlumined its proloundest 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
these In - condensed" form. This condensation,
however, consisted, not IN an abbrevation OF each
case, but a selection from the several cases. and
was often annoyed by finding a reference to cases
in the Digests, which | deemed very important
wholly omitted in the CONDENSED reports"
therefore hailed with great Pleasure an effort which
was made SOM tImc since 10 rcpubsh the whole
II the English Reports tHtire, be republlshed
it'll despatch IN this country, at price SO low as
% 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
aad consequently upon the country at large. Know
ing your enterprise, anticipate your success, and
can only express the hope that your reward may
servant. WILLARD FILLMORE.
From As Ne,C York Literary TForld.
Mcssrs Little & Brown, Of Boston, whose law
bpnks, In point OF typographical execution, vie
with the best similar issues Of the English press,
and IN point Of value and Importance are Inferior
to none IA this country, have just commenced tho
pubcat.ou Of ], Gal series, deserving the especial
attention of the profession throughout the country
The basis of tuis seres IF which The fret mum
Der II before us. are the Lar Journal Reports and
he Jgist. two English serials which communicate
% the Brush Bar within few weeks after their
delivery the promins decisions OF all the cyArs,
from the House Of Lords 10 tho Court Of Bankrupt
CT. and other tribunals Of limited but practically
important juri-dctiOn. This excellent arrange
ucnt might be followed with great adyantagei in tais
country, Tor the purpose Of ODyiating thc delay
which necessarily attends the issuing Of the regu
Ter volumes Of reports OF partc ular courts and
e are glad 10 see the enterprise Of our legal pub
fishers avaiing themselves Of II, TO introduce the
Engit5h RcpoCJ5 promptly and regularly 60 the pro-
frssiOn. The authority Of Westminster Hall has lost
nothing OF It's sanction and the permanently high
character 81 the English judiciary gives to their
a publications continued weight ana decisive in
fJcuce with our courts. Hitherto the difficulty has
been that the reported cases there have grown old
before they could be quoted and applied mere, and
there was no way in which the current jufispru-
ilucc and adjujications Of the day in the English
courts could be made available BY the American
bar except al great expense and by continual vigil
lncc. This difficulty Mrssrs. Little & Browns
Reports will remove; the cases decided in the
CuCcu'5 Bench, che Common Pleas, and the Ex-
caequer Chamber in January, will be ready for de-
livery here IN April or May long before adiudged
ciscs Il tue same date in our courts appear in
the regular reports 10 which they are perpetuated.
:carIy two years will thus be gained over the pre-
Z. ~ SYSTEM which requires delay until the large
volume Of authorized reports is published on the
other side and has thcn been reprinted on this.
Ono advantage 81 the present scrlCs is, that the
decisions which q givcs are those Of courts ia banc,
tine deliberate judgments oi the BENCH and not the
less reliable decisions at Nisi Prius which, how
ever interesting In many instances, DO not carry
with them tLe same authority and force.
Tie Reports arc edited DY L. n. Bennett and
Culuuey Smith, csGs. of the Boston bar, and their
systcm4ti, arraD cement and the care with which
TIC uat.s, index, &c, arc prepared, evidence the
thorough manner iu which the proposed series will
..uarrig8 ont.
H. tlis connection We TAX. pleasure in advortinr
81 M.srs. Litdc aud Browns other legal publica
rJuf, among which arc included many Of the most
cone lcrous and authoritative tro1tses Of our uris-
r-utsn,,. Judge Story's works, lpr ming library
almost 81 themselves, and familiar Tor their nigh
value and extensive reputation % American read
e.s Iu general, vel az % the legal profession,
have al iEsued from their pr,ss; have also the
several 'torks 81 Professor Greenicaf Two very
valuable and extensive annual publication are also
l.-ucd ly them, the United Ni0ieg Digest and the
Statute, NJ large; the latter beiug the authorized
clifton OF 'hs Acts II Congrc5s, got up in much
better 5tylc, both for reference and preservation,
than under lac yld regime Of pph.ia printing at
Washington, which included the annual btatutcs,
and sent Them forth 70 the world on thin paper and
%, bad type.
From he No,c York Erering POST
L,,t.c & Brown. Of Boston, 90 whore enterprise
the reading public has 80 often been indebted for
tie most valuable American and foreign books,
propose 10 publish, by subscription, new series Of
tho Eng.isf Reports In Law and Equity. This e.
rice ol.l contain all the authoritative decisions Of
te House OF Lords, the CDurts ui Equity, tho PGyy
C5urs tic Queen Bench, the EHchequcr, Common
P.caa, &c
Tia, profession assured that this series will be
must r8mH.ff Of any rfuJr.E uBgy nuiii- he'd.