The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-03-09
EQUITY.

this country, has long been seriously felt and ac
. knowledged. To meet similar want N England
. | the "Lap Journal Reports" and "1he JWist
which, together, report decisions in all the Courts m
, Laio and Equity, within few weeks after their
delivery, were commenced number oil years
since, and have met with the universal approba-
ton of the legal profession. Their high cost how
aver, has hitherto prevented their general circu-
lation in this country, and their merits are as yet
but little known among us.
The subscribers propose TO republish these re-
ports In full as fast as they appear IN England ana
can be received here They will contain reports
OF cases decided III 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 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 or
parts commencing with the decisions of Michael
| mas (Novcmber) term, 1850, and will be carefully
| edited by member of the bar, with notes and re-
fercnces TO analogous American decisions.
Each number will consist of over three hundred
pages loosely printed octave, on the best paper and
In clear, fair type and will contain table Of cases.
and full table of contents, thus forming com
| petc volume by ITSELF as we'll as part OF an en-
| tire series. Every alternate or second number will
| be PACED consecutivcly from the number imme-
diately preceding, and will contain table OF cases.
and of contents to both, and thus form complete
volume, ready for binding o.oUer SIR hundred pages
| Ia 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.
| tits designed to make this PERMANENT PUBL
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 t,co years before they
L.. oh a hafnr
ication of the contemporaneous decisions of most
OF our own tribunals.
The price of this publication will be so for
twelve numbers payable in advance, or for the six
volumes, Handsomely AID uniformly bound in law
| sheep, Sl2.
The parts will be sold separately, il desired, at
| 5 each.
! Sings volume bound, 81 25
! Parts |. and H., stitched, or Vol l., bound in law
! sheep, containing reports oil ono hundred and
! cighty-eight cases, now ready for delivery.
! The following among the opinions of this
work expressed on the publication of the first num-
Letter from Hon. Aiilard Fillmore, President of The
United States.
WAsHSGTos, April 10 1851.
JAMES BRowS, Esq: My DEAR 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 lnqulrlng
my opinion of the enterprise.
While pursuing my profession took a'deep in.
tercst in publications OF this kind. The able
Judges who have adorned the judicial tribunals of
England, have shed lustre upon the Common
Law, and illumned its proioundest depths. con-
slider no law library complete that does not contain
thor 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 condensation
cd nptI in ana ton, Of
case, but a 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"
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
was made some time since 10 republish the whole
If the English Reports entire, can be republished
with despatch in this country, at price so low az
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,
aud consequently upon the country az 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. WILLARD FILLMORE.
From zee Nec York Literary IForld
Mcssrs Little & Brown, Of Boston, whose law
books in point Of typographical execution, vie
with the best similar issues OF the English press
and ia point OF value and importance are inferior
TO none ia this country, have just commenced the
publication Of legal series, deserving the especial
v
The basis OF this series, Of which the first num-
Der is before U.s. are the Ldt1 Journal RepoytS and
the JtBisf. two English serials which communicate
10 the British Bar within few weeks after their
delivery, the prominent decisions Of all the Courts
from the House Of Lords TO the Court Of Bankrupt
cy, aud other tribunals Of Limited bat practically
important jurisdiction. This excellent arrange
neut might be followed with great adyantagci in this
country for the purpose Of obviating the delay
which necessarily attends the issuing Of the rcgu-
lar volumes Of reports of particular courts and
VIC arc glad TO see the enterprise Of our legal pub
she.s ayailing Themselves OF II, 20 introduce the
English Reports promptly and regularly 10 the pro-
ression The authority Of Westminster Hall has lost
nothing of its sanction and the permanently high
character OF the English judiciary gives to their
niiudicatiOns a continued weight and decisive in
fucncc with our courts. Hitherto the difficulty has
been that the reported cases there have grown old
hcf1re they could be quoted and applied mere, and
there was no way in which the current iurispru-
dcucc and adJudlcatOns Of the day in the English
courts could be made available by the American
bar except at great expense and by continual vigil
lance. This difficulty Messrs. Little & Browns
Reports will remove; the cases decided In the
Queens Bench, tho Common Pleas, and the EI.
chequer Chamber in January, will be ready for de-
livery here in April or May, long before adjudged
casCs OF the same date in own courts appear IN
The regular reports IN which they arc perpctuatcd.
Nearly two years will thus be gained over the pre-.
sent system, which requires a delay until the large
volume vi 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 II givcs those Of courts in banc,
the deliberate judgments Of the bench, and not the
lcss reliable decisions az Nisi Pritg, which, how
ever interesting in many instances do not carry
with them the same authority and force.
The Reports are edited by f.. II Bennett and
Chimney Smith, csqs., Of the Boston bar, and their
systcnati- arrangement, aud the care with which
the uOtes, index. &c, are prepared, evidence the
thorough manner iu which the proposed series will
jr carried out.
IN THE c1nnoxi wc take pleasure in adverting
o. Nlcssrs Littlc and Browns other legal publca-
t:ons, among which arc included many ofthc most
conspicuous and authoritative trcatscs Of our iuriB
prudence Judge Story's works, for ming library
Utmost 81 thcrnselvcs and familiar for their high
value and extensive reputation 10 American read
ere In general, well os 20 tho legal profession
have all issuod from their press az have also tho
several works Of Professor Grcenlcaf. Two very
valuable and extensive annual publications also
ssucd ~ them, the limited Sfg'ss Digesf and the
/ STATUTES NJ Largs the latter being the authorized
edition Of the Acts ui Congress, got up In much
better STYLE both for reference and preservation,
than under the old regime ~ public printing at
/ Washington, which included the annual statutes
and sent them forth 20 the world on thin paper and
/ "a bad type.
From he Ns,c York Erening Post
ittIf 5. Rrouu of BOSTON. t0 v,hysr pntcrprisc