The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-03-12
ENaI,SsS isEPoRTs IN LAW AND
EQUITY.

p cprtt, p4UltNliUg Oy ne
series Of Lap and Equity Reports.
5 1NHE wan; of some system by which the decision
i and judicial opinions OF the several Courts
Law and Equity in England can be more prompt
~ and cheapiy furnished TO the legal profession
this country, has long been seriously felt and az
} ! knowiedEed. To meet a similar want in En- GLAND
, the Lao Journal Reports" and 1.-The Jurist
winch, together, report decisions in dlith Courts
Lao and Equity, within few weeks after thei
deilVery, were commenced number OF year
since, and have met with the universal approba
aon of the legal profession Their high cost, how
ever, has hitherto prevented their general circu
iation in this country, and their merits are as ye
! but little known among us.
The subscribers propose to repubish these re
ports IN fu as fast as they appear in England anC
can be received here. They will contain report
OF cases decided IN the House of Lords, the PrivN
Council, the several Courts of Equity, the Court o
Queen s Bench, the Court of Common Pleas, tn,
Court OF Exchequer and Excheouer Chamber, tn,
| Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts the Court o
bankruptcy including also the Election cases, the
Crown Cases Reserved, and the Railway and Cana
| Cases.
| These reports will pe published in numbers OF
| parts commencing with the decisions of Michael
mas tNoFember) term, 1850, and will be carefully
ec-'ed 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 iull table Of contents, thus forming a com
plcte volume by itself, as we'll as part Of
tire series. Every alternate or second number will
be PACED consecutively from the number imme-
diatciy preceding, and will contain table OF cases
and OF contents TO both, and thus form complete
volume ready for binding, of orer sirhared pa ges.
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
fully eccai to the best reports of England this
country.
tits designed to make this a PERMANENT PUBL
CATION, and thus establish neiD 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 t,oo years before they
could otherwise 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 so for
twelve numbers, payable in advance, for the six
volumes, handsomely and uniformly bound in law
sheep, Sl2.
The parts will be sold separately, il desired at
! each.
Single volume, bound 81 25.
Parts l. 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 are among the opinions of this
work expressed on the publication OF the first num-
Letter from Hon. Milard Fillmore President of the
United States
WAsHIsGToN, April - 1851.
JAMES BRows, ESQ: My DEAR SlR-Some DAYS
since ! received, by the hand of the Postmaster
General, the first number of the English Reports
which you propose TO republsh in this country
comprising every case reported in England; and
now have your letter of the 9th instant inuuring
my opinion OF the enterprise.
While pursuing rny 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 iumined its 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
some years had been in the habit Of receiving
these in - condensed form. This condemnation
however, consisted, not In an abbreviation of each
Casc, 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" 1
therefore hailed with great pleasure an effort which
was made some time since 10 republish the whole.
Il the English Reports entire, can be republished
with despatch In this country, price 30 low as
10 bring them within the reach of the members of
the bar generally, conceive that it will confer a
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 70 your merits. ] am your obedient
servant, WILLARD FILLMORE
From HE Nelc York Literary World
Messrs. Little y Brown, of Boston, whose law
books, in point Of typographical execution, vic
with the best similar issues Of the English press
and in point OF value and importance are inferior
10 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 num-
Der Is before u.s. arc the Lac Journal Reports and
the JJuist, two EnClish serials which communicate
to the British Bar, within few weeks after their
delivery, the prominent decisions of all the cAirts
from the House Of Lords 10 the Court Of Bankrupt
cy, and other tribunals Of limited but practically
important jurisdiction. This excellent arrange.
mcnt might be followed with great advantage in this
country, for the purpose Of obviatng the delay
which necessarily attends the issuing of the rcru-
lar volumes OF reports of particular courts and
we are glad to see the enterprise Of our legal pub
hshe~s ayallng themselves Of II, TO introduce the
English Reports promptly and regularly TO the pro-
.cssiuu The authority OF Westminster Hall has lost
nothing Of it sanction and the permanently high
character OF the English judiciary gives to their
adiudicatiOns a continued weight aud decisive in
hucncC 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 IN which the current iurispru-
dcncc and adjudications Of the day in the English
courts could bc made available by the American
bar, except at great expense and by continual vigi.
lance This difficulty MessrB. Little & Brown's
Reports will remove; the cases decided in the
Quccn's Bench, the Common Pleas, and the Tx.
A4atltDtI III ddlludfJ v III DC ready Tor de-
livery here in April or May, long before adiudgcd
cases oil the date in our own courts appear in
the regular reports in which they are pcgDctuatcd
Nearly two years will thus be gained over the pre-
sent system, which requires a delay until the large
volume Of authorized reports is published on The
other eide and has then been reprinted on this
One advantage Of the present series il, that the
decisions which IL gives those OF courts in Lanc
The deliberate judgments Of the bench, and not the
Ices reliable decisions at Nisi Prius which how
ever interesting ia many Ins,anccs, do not carry
With them The same authority and force.
The Reports are edited by f.. II Bennett and
ChaunCy Smith, csqs., Of the Boston bar and their
systcmati. arrangement, and the care with which
ihc nOtcs, index. &c, are prepared, evidence 'bc
thorough manner IA which tne proposed series vii
be carried out.
Ia tuis c1nucxiOn We take pleasure in advcrtinq
q Mcssrs Little and Browne other legal pub,sl
tons among which are incl dcd many Of inc mos,
conspicuous and authoritative treatso5 Of our iurs
prudence. Judge StOry's works, for ming "A library
almost Of thcusclvCs, and familiar for their high
value and extensive reputation 10 Am riCau read
ere In general, as well ~ 10 the legal protection
have all issued from their press; a. have also TIC
several works Of Professor Grccnlcaf Two very
valuable and extensive annual publications ire also
Jssucd by them the United States digest and the
S,qfutes al Lage; the latter being the authorized
edition Of the Acts Il Congress, got 10 in much
better style, both Tor reference aud preservation
than under the old regime Of public printing at
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