The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-26
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! EQUITY.
| Proposals by LITTLE & BRows, li2 Washington
street, Boston, for publishing by stsbscrip tion
series Of Laio and Equity Reports
ffNHE want of some system by which the decisions
L and judicial opinions of the several Courts Of
Law and Equity in England can be more prompt
~ and cheaply furnished To the legal profession in
this country, has long been seriously felt and
knowedged. To meet a similar want in England,
the "Lalo Journal Reports" and ''Ihe Jmist,"
which, together report decisions in all e Courts IN
Lar and Equity, within n 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
sver has hitherto prevented their general circu-
lation in this country, and their merits are yet
but little known among
The subscribers propose to repubsh 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
Queen 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
Caaes.
These reports will be published in numbers
parts, commencing with the decisions of Michael
mas Noyember) term, 1850, and will be carefully
edited by member of the bar, with notes and re-
ierenccs 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
pete volume by itself, as well part of an
tire series Every alternate or second number Will
be PACED consecutively from the number iInme-
daely preceding, and vii! contain table Of cases,
and Of contents TO both, and thus form complete
volume ready for binding, of irhundred 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.
tits designed TO make this PERMANENT 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 Hail. nearly tioo 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 IS 10 for
twelve numbers, payable in advance, for the ak
volumes, handsomely AID uniformly bound in law
| sheep, y II.
The parts will be sold separately, il desired, at
! 81 each.
Single volume, bound 50 25.
Parts |. and H., stitched, Vol. L., bound in law
! sheep containing reports OF one hundred and
ei ghty eight cases, now ready for delivery.
The following are among the opinions of this
work expressed the publication of the first num-
DER:
Letter from Hon Willard Fillmore, President of the
United States.
JAMES BRowN 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 republish In this country,
comprising every reported in England; and
have your letter OF the 9Th instant, inqulring
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 a lustre upon the Common
Law, and iliumined its prooundest depths. con-
slider law library complete that does not contain
their principal reports in Law and Equity, and in
their Ecclesiastical Courts, AID in Admiralty. For
some years had been in the habit of receiving
these in condensed" form THE condensation,
however, consisted not 10 an abbreviatiUn Of each
case but selection from the several cases. and
was often annoyed by finding reference to cases
in the Dgests, which | deemed very important,
wholly omitted in the 90 condensed reports." /
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
was made some umc since 10 rcpubsh the whole
II the English Reports entire, can be republished
with despatch in this country, at price 80 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 obedient
/ servant. MILLARD FlLLMOkE
From NE Ne,c York Literary World
NIessrs. Little & Brown, Of Boston, whose Law
| with The best similar issues Of the English press
I 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 lasis Of this series, II which the first num-
5,r is before Us are the Ldlo Journal Reports and
the Jpisi. two English serials which communicate
. Ia the British Bar within a few weeks after their
delivery the prominent decisions Of all the courts,
from the House Of Lords 10 the Court Of Bankrupt
cy, and other tribunals Of limited but practically
b important jurisdiction. This excellent arrange
mcn might be followed with great nd vantage In this
/ country for the purpose of OOyiating the delay
which necessarily attends the issuing Of The regu-
lar volumes Of reports ct particular courts and
Nc are glad TO sec the enterprise 81 our legal pub
Hshe-s availng themselves Of it, 70 Introduce the
Euplish Reports promptly and regularly 10 tho pro-
fesson The authority OF Wc8tmlustcr Hall has Lost
nothing OF its sanction and the permanently high
character Of the English judiciary gives to their
adiudicauons a continued weight and decisive in
nuencc 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 vas 10 way IN which the current iurispru-
dcuce md authorizations II The day in the English
courts could be made available BY the American
BAR except az great expense and by continual yigi.
lance This difficulty Mossrs. Little & Browne
Reports will remove; the CascB decided in the
Queens Bench, tho Common Plcas, and the EH
chcqucr Chamber in January, will be ready for de-
livery here in April or May, long before adjudged
cases Of the same date In our courts appear IN
r.
Nearly two years will thus be gained over the pre-.
sent system, hich requires delay until the large
volume Of authorized reports is published on TIE
other side and has then been reprinted on this.
One advantage Of the present series DE-, that the
decisions which ~ giycs those a courts In banc
the deliberate judgments u the bench, and not the
lcss reliable decisions at Nisi PrtHs, which, how
/ ever interesting iu many instauccs, do not carry
| with them the same authority and force.
The Reports arc edited by r. II. Bennett and
Chauncy Smith, osg7 a. 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 progosed series vii
| l- carried out
d. THE cannsxi1n VIC take pleasure Do aivrrtinE
t1 Mcssrs. Liuic aud Brown's other legal pubiica.
UouS. among which arc included many Of tho mos
rontp and authoritative trcatises Of our uris
prudence. Judge StOry's works, iJr ming library
almost Of themselves, aud familiar for their high
value and extensive reputation to American read
ars In general, as well 10 the legal profession
have 81 issued from their prcss; az have also the
several wOrks 81 Professor GrccueaE Two very
valuable aud extensive annual publications are ale