The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-02-05
E.AllIEX.

EQUITY.
Proposals by LITTLE & Baows, lI2 Hashinsfo
street, Boston, for Publishing by subscription
seyies Of Lam and Equity Reports.
y{,HE want of some system by which the decision
i aud judicial opinions Of the several Courts o
law and Equity in England can be more prompt
and cheaply furnished to the legal profession II
knowledged. To meet a similar want IN England
the "LaiO Jol1na! Reports" and The J'Sist,
which, together report decisions In all the Courts ~
LQto and Equity, within few weeks after thei
delivery, commenced number of year:
since, and have met with the universal approba
ton of the legal profession. Their high coat. how
ever has hitherto prevented their general circu-
lation in this country, and their merits are as yet
but little known among
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 oil 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
Caoe5.
Tbcse reports will be published In numbers or
parts commencing with the decisions of Michael
mac (November) term, 1850, and will be carefully
edited by member OF the bar, with notes and re-
ierences 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,
p!ote volume by itself, as well part of an en-
tire series Every alternate or second number will
be PACED consecutively from the number imme-
dately preceding, and will contain table OF cases,
and of contents to both, and thus form complete
volume, ready for binding peer iIhundred 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
fully equal to the best reports OF England or this
country.
Its designed to make this a PERMANENT PUBL
CATION, and thus establish ner series of English
Law and Equity Reports, which shall, i'll all re-
spects, be far in advance OF any other reprint o.,
English Reports in this country, and which shall
furnish to the Americ IN lawyer the decisions Of
Westminster Hall, nearly tioo years before they
could oerrcise b 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 and uniformly bound in law
sheep, Sl2.
The parts will be sold separately, il desired at
s 1 each.
Single volume, bound, So 25.
Parts /. and H., stitched, or Vol L. bound in law
sheep, containing reports Of one hundred and
aghly eight cases, now ready for delivery.
The following are among the opinions OF this
work expressed on the publication of the first num-
Der
Letter from Hon. Millard Fillmore Preside,.i of the
United States.
WAsHINGroS, April Is 1851.
, JAMES BRows, ESQ: My DrAR SIR-Somc 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, nquiring
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 iliumined its profoundest depths. con-
m W COmDicte that n
their principal reports in Law and Equity, and in
thsir Ecclesiastical Courts, and in Admiralty. For
some years bad been IN the habit OF receiving
these in ' condensed" form. This condemnation
however, consisted, not in abbreviation oil each
case, but a selection from the several cases. and
often annoyed by finding a reference to cases
in the Digests. which ] deemed very important,
wholly omitted in the ''eondsnsed reports" |
therefore hailed with great Pleasure effort which
made some time since to republish the whole.
II the English Reports sntirs, can be repubiishcd
with despatch in this country at price so low as
10 bring them within the reach Of the members of
the bar generally, conceive that it 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
DC equal to your merits ] arm your obedient
servant. WILLARD FILLMORE
From Me Ne,e York Literary World
Nessrs. Little * Brown, OF Boston, whose Law
books. in point of typographical execution, vie
and in point OF value and importance arc inferior
20 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 fret num-
Der il before us, are the Lac Journal Reports nd
the Jpisf. two English serials which communicate
90 the British Bar within few weeks after their
delivery, the prominent decisions Of all the courts
from The House Of Lords 10 The Court OF Bankrupt
cy, aud other tribunals Of limited but practically
important jurisdiction. Tbis excellent arrange
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country, for the purpose Of obviating the delay
which necessarily attends the issuing OF the regu-
lar volumes Of reports of particular courts aud
we are glad to see the enterprise Of our legal pub
isbers ayailing themselves Of it, 10 introduce the
English Reports promptly and regularly 10 the pro-
fosson. The authority Of cstminster Hall has los
nothing Of its sanction and the permanently high
character Of the Eng.Lsh Judiciary gives to their
ndiudicaions a continued weight and decisive in
fuencc with our courts. Hitherto tho diGcuty has
been that the reported caseg there have grown old
before they could be quoted and applied mere and
there was no way in which the current jurspru-
dcnce and adjudicatiOns Of the day in the English
courts could be mndc available 81 the American
tar. except at great expense and BY continual vigil
lance. Tbis difficulty Messrs. Little Browns
Reports will removs the cases decided in the
queens Bench. tho Common Pleas and the Er
chequor 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
the regular reports in which they perpctuatcd.
Nearly two years will thus be gained over tina pre-
cent sysem, which requires delay until the large
volume Of authorized reports lie published on The
other side and has then been reprinted on this.
One advantage Of the present series IL, that the
decisions which II gives thOse of courts in bGnc,
the deliberate judgments Of the bench, and not the
iess reliable decisions al MAJ Pyivs, which, how
ever interesting in many instances, do not carry
with them the same authority and force
The Reports are edited bY r. n. Bennett and
Chauncy Smith, esqs., Of the Boston bar and their
systcmstic arrangement, and the care with which
the notes, index, &c, are prepared, evidence the
thorough manner in which the proposed scrios will
be carried out.
In this connection VIC take pleasure in adverting
20 Messrs. Little and Browns other legal publica
tious, emong which are included many ofthe most
conspicuous and authoritative trostiscs Of juris
prudence. Judge story's wori1s. for ming library
almost Of themselves, and familiar for their hi g
value and extensive reputation To American read
in general, ss well "a 90 the legal profession
have al issued from their press, "a have alec the
sevcral works of Professor Grccnloaf Two very
valuable aud Intensive annual publications arc aisa
Issued by them, the Unifsd States Digesf and the