The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-23
rSGIlsn REPORTS IN LAW AND
EOITp'NN

| LA w AMI
EQUITY.
rreposais BY LITTLE & rRows, III Washington
street, Boston, for publishing BY subscription ieig
sotespf Luuc and Equity Repo'i..
'I'HE want OF some sys.cin by which the decisions
j. aud judicis, opinions Of the several Courts OF
Law and Equity in England can be more prompt
iy and chcaply furnished to the legal profession in
this country, has long been seriously felt and nc-
knowledgcd. To meet similar want in England
the "Latp Journal Reports" and .'Ihe JuTisf, -
which, together, report decisions in all the Courts in
Lalp and Eqtnty, within few weeks after their
delivery, were commenced n number Of years
since and have met with the uniyers sal apprroba-
ton OF the legal profession. Their high cost, how
sver, has hitherto prevented their general circu-
lation in TINS country, and their merits are yet
but little known among us.
The subscribers propose to republish these
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 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
Gases,
These reports will be published in numbers or
parts, commencing with the decisions of Michael
mas (November) term, 1850, 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
III type, ana Will table OI CAGES.
and full table of contents, Ties lornr a com
plete volume by itself, well q part of en-
tire series Every alternate or second number will
be PACED conaecutiveiy from the number ilnme-
diately preceding, and will contain table of cases.
and of contents TO both, and thus form complete
volume, ready for binding, of Sirhu,idred pa
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.
Its designed to make this a PERMANENT PUBL
CATION, and thus establish series of English
Law and Equity Reports, which shall, in all
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 tico years before Giey
could ote;0ise bs obtained, and long before the pub
LEGATION of the. contemporaneous decisions of most
VI our own tribunals.
The price of this publication will be SO for
twelve numbers, payable in advance or for the six
volumes, handsomely and uniformly bound in law
sheep, Sl2.
The parts will be so.d separately, il desired, at
! each
Single volume, bound, So %.
Parts l. and H., stitched, or Vol. l., bound in law
sheep, containing reports Of one hundred and
eghty 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. billiard Fillmore, President Of The
United States.
WAsHISeToN, April IL 1851.
JAMES BRowN, ESQ: My DEAR SiR-Some days
s1nCc ! 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 Ems gland; and
now have your letter of the 9th instant inauiring
my opinion OF the enterprise.
While pursuing my profession, took deep in
tcrcst IN publications of this kind The able
judges who have adorned the judicial tribunals of
England have shed lustre upon the Common
Law, and illumined It's proioundest depths. | con-
elder no law library complete that docs contain
their principal reports in Law and Equity and in
thrir Ecclesiastical Courts, and in Admiralty For
some years had been in the habit of receiving
these in 9" condensed form. This condensation
however, consisted, not In an abbrcyaton of each
case but n selection from the several cases, and
was often annoyed by finding reference to cases
IN the Digcsts, which | deemed very important
wholly omitted in the a. condensed reports.'
therefore hailed with great pleasure effort which
wac made some time since to repubsh the whole
If the English Reports entire, can be rcpublished
with despatch IN this country, at price so low az
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 ct large. Know
ing your enterprise, anticipate your success, and
| can only er press the hope that your reward may
bc equal TO your merits. ] am your obedient
servant WILLARD FILLMORE.
From Ae NeI1 York Literary World
Messrs. Little 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
20 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 fret num-
Der IL before us, the LatC Journal Repori, and
the JtUist two Enrlish serials which communicate
to the British Bar within a few weeks after their
delivery, the prominent decisions Of all the courts
from the House Of Lords TO the Court Of BANKRUPT
CO Gtl trIl Of
important jurisdiction. This excellent arrange
mcnt might DC followed with great adyantag &c in this
country, for the purpose OF obyiating the delay
which necessarily attends the issuing OF the rcgu-
lar volumes Of reports Of particular courts and
glad 10 Gee the enterprise Of our legal pub
fishers availing Themselves OF IT, to introduce the
English Reports promptly and regularly to the pro-
fcsson. The authority Of Westminster Hall has lost
nothing of It's sanction and the permanently high
character Of the English judiciary gives TO their
authorizations 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 here, and
there was no way in which the current jurispru-
dcncc and adiudcatiOns Of the day in tho English
courts could be made available by the American
BAR except at great expense and by continual vipi-
lance. This difficulty Messrs. Little & Browns
Reports will remove; the cases decided in the
Queen Bench, tho Common Pleas, aud the Fx.
chcqucr Chamber IN January, will be ready for de-
livery here in Apnl or May, long before adjudgcd
Ca5Cs OF the same date IN our own courts appear in
The regular reports in which they are pcrpctuatcd.
Nearly two years will thus be gained over the pre-.
sent systcn, which requires delay until the large
volume Of authorized rcports is published on the
other eide and has then been reprinted on this.
One advantage Of the prcscnt series is, that the
decisions which IL gives those Of cOurts in banc
ihc deliberate judgments Of the bench and not the
Ices reliable decisions az Nist Prius, which how
ever interesting in many instances do not carry
with them the same authority and force.
The Reports edited by T.. n Bennett aud
Chnuncy Smith, csqs., 81 the Boston bar and their
-y5tematis arrangement, and the care with which
lnc notes index, &c, are prepared, evidence the
thorough manner IN which the proposed series will
hc carried out.
In this connection we take pleasure in advortinp
o. Mcssrs. Little aud Browne other legal pubca.
tions, among which are included many of the most
cDu.pcuyu aud authoritative trcatsos Of our iurs-
prudence. Judge StOry's works, for B.ng a library
almost OF Themselves, and familiar tor their high
value and extensive reputation To Amt ricau read
era in general, well AZ 10 the legal profession
have all issucd from their press; have also the
several works of Professor Grcenlcaf Two very
valuable and extensive annual publications arc also
Js-ucd by them, the United Strfes Digfsf and the
0f I0Tgf. tho hitter heinz ia. auth,rfvcd