The republic., 1852-01-05
EAuITY

ENGLISH REPORTS IN LAW AND
EQUITY.
Proposals by LITTLE x BRowS, ii2 Washington
street, Boston for publishing by subscription
| series Of Lair and Equity Reports.
'INHE want of some system by which the decisions
and judicial opinions Of the several Courts Of
Law and Equity in En- GLAND can be more prompt
ly and cheaply furnished TO the legal profession in
this country, has long been seriously felt and ac
| knowledged. To meet a similar want In England,
| the ''LG,c Journal Reports and "1he Juist %
which, together, report decisions III all the Courts
| Lao and Equity, within few weeks after their
| delivery, were commenced number of years
since, and have met with the universal approba
ton OF the legal profession Their high cost, how
,ver, has hitherto prevented their general circu-
laton IN this country, and their merits yet
| but little known among US.
| The subscribers propose to republish these ro.
ports in full as fast they appear in England and
| can be received here. they will contain reporis
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 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
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-
| ferences 10 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
plete volume by itself, as well part OF an
tire series. Every alternate or second number will
be PACED consecutively from the number immc-
diately preceding, and will contain table of cases.
and OF contents to both, and thus form n complete
volume ready for binding, of 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
F.fl. III
country.
ltis designed to make this pERMASEEr puBLI-
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
furnish to the American lawyer the decisions of
Westminster Hall, nearly ftoo years before they
could OtertUise be obtained, and long before the pub
lcation of the contemporaneous decisions of most
of our own tribunals.
The price Of this publication will be $40 for
twelve numbers, payable IN advance or tor the six
volumes, handsomely and uniformly bound in law
sheep, Sl2
The parts will be sold separately, If desired, at
s each
Singia volume bound, 50 %.
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 this
work expressed on the publication Of the first num-
OCT
Letter from Hon. DTiilard Fillmore, President Of the
United States.
WAsnrsoToN, April l3 1851.
JAMES BRowN, ESQ: My Dean 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 reported in Eng lind; and
now have your letter of the 9Th instant, iuquring
my opinion OF the enterprise.
While pursuing my profession, took deep in
tcrest in publications of this kind. The able
Judges who have adorned the judicial tribunals Of
England, have shed ustre upon the Common
Law, and illumined its proioundest 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 condemnation,
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 Digests, which ! deemed very important,
wholly omitted in the " condensed reports.''
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
was made some t1me since TO rcpublish the whole.
If the English Reports entire, be republishcd
with despatch in this country, at a price SO low
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 at large. Know
ing your enterprise, anticipate your success, and
| can only express the hope that your reward may
be equal TO your merits. ] am your obcdiont
servant, MlLLARD FILLMORE.
From Ae Netc York Literary Iporld
NIc5srs. Little & Brown, of Boston, whose law
books, in point OF typographical execution, vic
with the beet similar issues OF the English preas,
and in point Of value and importance are inferior
20 none 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 scrics, Of which the first mum
bcr is before us, arc the Lar Journal ReuOYfs and
the JHist two Enrlsh serials which communicate
o. the British Bar, within a few weeks after their
delivery the prominent dccision5 Of all the courts,
from the House Of Lords to the Court Oi Bankrupt
cy, and other tribunals OF limited but practically
important jurisdiction. This excellent arrange
ment ht be folio cd with great advantage in this
country, for the purpose OF obviatng the delay
which necessarily attends the issuing OF the regu
lar volumes Of reports of particular courts and
arc glad to see the enterprise Of our legal pub
fishers avaihng tbcm5cvcs OF Il, TO introduce the
English Rcports promptly and regularly TO the pro-
fcssion The authority of Westminster Hall has lost
nothing OF it5 sanction and the permanently high
character OF the English judiciary gives 10 their
/ adiudicatons a continued weight and decisive in
fucnce with 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 iu which the current jurispru-
I dcnce and adjudicauOns Of the day in the English
courts could be made available by the American
bar, except at great expense and by continual yg-
lance. This difficulty Mcssrs. Little & Browne
Reports will remove; the cases decided in the
Queens Bench, the Common Pleas, aud the Ex-
chtqucr Chamber in January, will bc ready for de-
livery here IN April or May, long before adiudgcd
cascs Of the same date in our courts appear in
the regular reports in which they arc perpctuatcd.
Nearly two years will thus be gained over the pre-
cont system which requires delay until the large
volume of authorized reports is published the
! other side aud has then been reprinted on this.
One advantage Of the prcseut series il, that the
decisions which il gives those Of courts in b1rc
thc deliberate Judgments Of the bench, and not the
lcss reliable decisions at Nisi Pris, which, how
\ ever Interesting in many instances, DO not carry
/ with them the same authority and force.
] D. faI To II
ChaUncy Smith, csgs,, Of the Boston bar and their
/ systcmatic arrangement, and the care with which
! the uOtCs index, &c, arc prepared, evidence the
/ thorough manner in which the proposed series will
] DE carried out.
! In this conncxion VIC take pleasure in advcrting
I 20 Mcssrs. Little and Browns other legal pubca.
/ tions, among which are included many tho most
conspicuous and authoritative ucatisc5 Of our iurs-
prudence. Judge StOry's wOrks, for ming a library
| almost oi themselves, and familiar ior their high
! value and extensive reputation to American read
. erB in general, well as TO the legal profession,
have all issuCd from their press; have also the
several works OF Professor GrcculcaE Two very
valuable aud cytcugiyc annual publications arc also