The republic., 1852-01-03
ENGLISH REPORTS In LAW AND
EOVIITX


l. and judicial opinions of the several Courts OF
| Law and Equity in England can be more prompt
y and cheaply furnished To the legal profession IN
this country, has long been seriously felt and ac-
knowledged. To meet a similar want in Eng gland !,
| the ''LaU Journal Reports" and "Ihe Jurist, "
which, together, report decisions in all The Courts in
| i.a,p 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
ever, has hitherto prevented their general circu-
lation in this country, and their merits as yet
but little known among us.
The subscribers propose to republish 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
Court of Exchcquer 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 J.
mas (Novcmber) term, 1885, 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, the best paper and
in clear fair type, and will contain table of cases.
and full table of contents, thus forming com.
plee volume by itself, well part Of an
tire series. Every alternate or second number will
be PACED consecutivey from the number imme-
diately preceding, and will contain table Of cases.
and of contents to bot and thus form a complete
volume, ready for binding, OF ore siI hundred 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 of England or this
country.
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
fnrn oh tn he In tbc IccisI ,f
Westminster Hall, nearly t,po years before they
could otherwise bd obtained, and long before the pub
Ecation OF the contemporancous decisions OF most
of our own tribunals.
The price of this publication will be 6 10 for
twelve numbers, payable in advance, or for the six
volumes, Handsomely and uniformly bound in law
sheep, j. II.
The parts will be sold separately, il desired, at
s each.
Single volume, bound, So %.
Parts |. and H., stitched, Vol. !. bound in law
sheep, containing reports of one hundred and
csghiy eight cases, now ready for delivery.
Nle following among the opinions of this
work expressed ON the publication OF the first num-
Der:
Letter from Hon. DTillad Fillmore, President of the
United States.
WAsHTsGToN, April 10 1851.
JAMES BRowH, ESQ: My DEAR SiR-Some days
since received, by the hand of the Postmaster
General, the first number of the English Reports,
which you propose to rcpublish in this country,
comprising every case reported in England; and
now have your letter of the 9th instant inquring
my opinion of the enterprise.
While pursuing my profession, took deep in
terest in publications OF this kind. The able
judges who have adorned the judicial tribunals of
England, have shed lustre upon the Common
Law, and illumined its proioundest 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
some years had been in the habit Of receiving
these in 90 condensed form. This condensation,
however, consisted, not in an abbreviaton OF each
case, but selection from the several and
often annoyed by finding reference to cases
in the Digess, which l deemed very important,
wholly omitted in the ''condsnsed reports"
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
was made some TIME since to republish the whole.
If the English Reports entire, be republished
with despatch in this country, at price 80 low as
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. i am your obedient
servant, MlLLARD FILLMORE.
From Ae Ne,o York Literary World.
Messrs. Little Brown, of Boston, whose law
books, in point of typographical execution, vie
with tie best similar issues Of the English press,
and in point Of value and importance inferior
TO 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 series, Of which the first mum
Der ia before US, the Ldic Journal RepOrts and
the Jrist two English serials which communicate
to the British Bar within few weeks after their
delivery, the prominent decisions OF ali the courts
from the House of Lords to the Court Of Bankrupt
cy, and other tribunals of limited but practically
important jurisdiction. This excellent arrange
mcnt mi ght be followed with great advantag &c in this
country, for the purpose of obyiating the delay
which necessarily attends the issuing Of the reg1-
lar volumes Of reports OF particular courts and
glad TO see the enterprise of our legal pub
fishers availing themselves Of it, Introduce the
English Reports promptly and regularly 10 the pro-
fcsson. The authority of estminster Hall has lost
nothing Of its sanction and the permanently high
character OF the English judiciary gives 60 their
udjudications a continued weight and decisive in
tiuence 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 way in which the current jurispru-
dencc and adludCations Of the day in the Eugljsh
courts could be made available by the American
bar except at great expense and by continual yigi-
lance. This difficulty Mcssrs. Little * Browns
Reports will remove; the CAGES decided In the
Queens Bench, the Common Plcas, and the EI-
chequer Chamber in January, will be ready for de-
livery here in April or May, long before adjudgcd
cases Of the same date in our courts appear in
the regular reports in which they arc perpctuated
Nearly two years will thus be gained over the pre-.
sent systcm, 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 il gives those OF courts In banc
the deliberate judgments Of the beuch and not tho
less reliable decisions at N'si Prtn, which, how
ever interesting In many instances, do not carry
! with them the same authority and force.
/ The Reports edited by T.. II Bennett and
Chauncy Smith, esqs., Of the Boston bar. and their
| systcmatis arrangement, and the care with which
the notes, index, &c, are prepared, evidence the
thorough manner in which the proposed scrics will
/ be carried out.
! In this councnion VIC take pleasure in advcrtiug
20 Mcssrs. Little and Browns other legal publica
! tions among which arc included many Of the most
conspicuous and authoritative trcatiscs OF ouf iuris
prudence. Judge Story's works, Tor ming n library
almost OF themselves and familiar for their bi gh
value and extensive reputation 20 American read
ers in general, well as To the legal profession.
have all issued from their press; a. have aso tho
| several works OF Professor GrcenleaE Two very
valuable and extensive annual publications arc aiso
| lssucd by them, the United SiabS Digest aud tho
Mataes at Large; the latter being the authorized
/ edition of the Acts Of Congress, got up in much
better style, both for reference and preservation,
than under the old regime Of public printing ai
| Washington, which included the annual statutcs
and cent them forth 10 the world on thin paper nd
in bad type