The republic., 1852-01-14
ENGLISH REPORTS IN LAW AND
Equity.

delivery, were commenced a number OF years
since and have met with the universal approba-
ton OF the legal profession. Their high cost, how
,ver, has hitherto prevented their general circu-
iation in this country, and their merits are as yet
but little known among
< The Subscribers propose to republieh these re-
ports in full fast as they appear in England and
can be received here. They will contain reports
of 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 Exchequer and Exchequcr Chamber, the
Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts, the Court Of
Bankruptcy, including also the Election cases, the
I Crown Cases Reserved, and the Railway and Canal
Cascs
These reports will be published in numbers or
rarts, commencing with the decisions OF Michael
mGs (Novcmber) term, 1880 and will be carefully
edited by member of the bar, with notes and re-
ierences 10 analogous American decisions.
Each number will consist of over three hundred
pages closely printed octave, on the beat paper and
in clear fan type and will contain table OF cases,
, and full table of contents, thus forming com
pletc volume by itself, well part OF an en-
tire series. Every alternate second number will
be PACED consecutively from the number imme-
diatey preceding, and will contain table OF cases
and of contents to both, and thus form complete
volume ready for binding of oyer hundred 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.
ltis 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 pi
Enr!sh paf--.~ in. rfiis country, ana which shall
furnish 10 the American LAWYER the decisions of
Westminster Hall, nearly tipo years before they
could otrtUiye bo obtained, and long before the pub
hcation of the contemporaneous decisions Of most
OF our own tribunals.
The price OF this publication, viii be SO for
twelve numbers, pa yable in advance for the six
volumes, handsomely and uniformly bound in law
sheep, Sl2
The parts will be sold separately, il desired, at
s each.
Sings volume, bound, 81 25.
Parts |. 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 among the opinions of this
work expressed on the publication OF the fret num-
Der:
Letter from Hon. Milard Fillmore, President of the
United States.
WAsHiseToN, April l3 1851
JAMES Bnows, 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 !
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 ustre upon the Common
/ Law, and lllumlned 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 - condensed form. This condemnation
however, consisted, not 10 an abbreyiation of each
case, but selection from the several cases and
was often annoyed by finding reference TO cases
IN the Dlgests, which deemed very important
wholly omitted in the condensed reports
therefore hailed with great peasure an effort which
was made some tune since 10 rcpublish the whole
If the English Reports entire, can be republsheJ
If1f 4f Frn=A lga.
10 bring thom 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 X now
ing your enterprise, anticipate your success, and
! can only express the hope that your reward NAV
be equal 10 your merits ! am your obedient
servant MILLARD FILLMORE
From Ne Neir York Literary JGor!d.
M1ssrs. Littlc a Brown Of Boston, whose law
ho5ss. in point Of typographical execution, vie
with Zoe best similar Issues Of the English press
and in point Of value and importance are inferior
'o none la tbis country, have Just commences the
publication n legal series, deserving the esyccaI
attention 0f the profession throughout the country
The basis Of this series, Of which the fret num-
bcr j. before us, the Lac Journal Reports and
the JUisf Two En- li5h serials which communicate
90 tho British Bar within few weeks after their
delivery, tic prominent decisions Of all the courts
!r0H the Holsc of Lords TO the Court Of Bankrupt
-, and other tribunals Of Limited bat practically
Important lurisdiction. This excellent arrange
ment might be followed with great advantage in THE
country, iOr the purpose OF obYiatng the delay
which necessarily attends the issuing Of the regu-
lar volumes Of reports OF particular courts T; and
arc GLAD TO sec the enterprise Of our legal pub
hshe-s ayallug themselves Of it, TO introduce the
English Reports promptly aud regularly TO the pro-
icssiOn. The authority Oi Westminster Hall has ost
nothing Of It's sanction and the permanently high
character 81 the English judiciary gives 70 their
adJudIcatoas continued weight aud dccisive in
HueuCc with our courts. Hitherto the difficulty has
yccn that the reported cases there have grown old
before they could be- quoted and applied nerc, and
there was no way iu which tue current lurispru-
1Cucc and al publications Of the day in the EugiBh
courts could be made available by ;hc American
bar, except 90 great expense and by continual vigil
lance. This cfnculty Mcssrs. Llttlc Brown =
Reports will remove, the casos decided in the
Quccn's Bench, the Common Pleas, and the Er-
Chcqucr Chamber IN January, will be ready for de-
livery here in April or May, long before adjudgcd
cases Of the same date In own courts appear m
the regular reports in which they arc perpctuatcd
Nearly two years will thus be gained over the pre-.
sent system, which requires delay until the large
volume of authOriycd reports Is Published ON the
other side and has then been reprinted on this.
Ono advantage o. the present series il, that the
decisions which IL gives thosc Of courts in banc
The deliberate judgments Of the bench, and the
icss reliable decisions at Ntsi Prius, which, how
ever interesting ia many instances, do not carry
with them the same authority and force
The Reports edited BY +. H. Bennett and
Cnsuncy Smith, osqs., Of the Boston bar. aud their
Systematic arrangement, and the care with which
the notes, index, &c, are prepared, evidence tho
thorough manner in which The proposed series will
De carried out.
In this ConncSion We take pleasure ia adverting
90 Messrs Little and Browns other legal publica.
tons, among which arc inc ludod many ofthc moot
EpicuOu5 and authoritative reatses Of our iuris
prudence. Judge Story's works, for ming library
almost ~ themselves, and familiar for their high
value and extensive reputation 10 American read
ere In general, az well AZ TO the legal profession
have all issued FROM their prcss; have also the
several works Oi Professor Creenieaf. Two very
valuable and extensive annual publications arc alsO
JssUed by them, the United Siafes- Digest and the
Stafffes Gf Largtj the latter being the authorized
edition % the Acts of Congress, got up in much
better style, both iOr reference and preservation
than under the old rsgine of public printing at
Washington, which included the annual statutes
and scnt them forth 10 the world on thin paper md
IN bad type.
From me Nstc York Erening Port
Little & Brown, Of Boston, 10 whose enterprise
the reading public has 20 often been indebted for
the most valuable American and foreign books
propose 10 publish, by subscription, new series Of
the Engish Reports IN Law and Equity. This
res viii contain all the authoritative decisions n
thc House Of Lords, the Courts 0f Equity the Prvy
Court, the quccn's Bench, The Erchcqucr, Common
Pleas, e..
The profession arc assured that this scries will be
the most complete Of any reports now published.
careful examination " the JUisf and Lam yOur-