The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-03-06
ENGLISH REPORTS IN LAW AND
EQUITY.

sertssof La,o and Equity Reports.
VIE want OF some system by which the decisions
l. and judicial opinions of the several Courts o
law and Equity in England can he more prompt
~ ana cheapy furnished 10 the legal profession il
this country, has long been seriously felt and ac
knowledged. To meet similar want in England
'he 'Le'o Journal Reports" and THE Jrist
winch together, report decisions in all The Courts ~
t-dc and Eqnty, within few weeks after their
delivery, were commenced number of years
since, and have met with the universal approba-
TOO OF the legal profession Their high cost, how
sVer, has hitherto prevented their general circu-
ldoh IN TINS country, and their merits are as vet
but little known among US
nc subscribers propose TO republish these re-
ports IN full as last as they appear in England and
can be received here. They will contain reports
oi cases decided In the House of Lords the Privy
touncl, the several Courts Of Equity, the Court OF
Soe'n bench, the Court of Common Pleas, the
court of Exchequer anu EAchequer Chamber the
fcclesiasucal and Admiralty Courts, the Court of
Dahh'u ptcy' including also the Election cases, the
Caees.
these reports will be published in numbers or
PARTS, commencing with the decisions of Michael
mas ovember) term, 1880, and will be carefully
editc'. by a member OF the bar with notes and re-
ltr' noes TO analogous American decisions
Each number will consist of over three hundred
pages closely printed octave, the best paper and
Ii clear fair type. and will contain table Of cases.
and full table of contents, thus forming a com
pietc volume by itself, as well as a part of an en-
tite seres. Every alternate or second number will
ne PACED consccutivcly from the number imlne-
dlateiy preceding, and will contain table of cases
ana OF contents to both, and thus form a complete
volume, ready for binding, peer hundred pages
IA each volume the of the several courts will
bc lound arranged together and, in point of style
and typographical execution, this series will be
lu''y equal 10 tue pest reports OF England this
country.
Its designed TO make this a PERMANENT PUBL
CATION, and thus establish a series of English
Law and Equity Reports, which shall in all re-
speots, be lar IN advance of any other reprint OF
English ReDoris IN his country, and which shall
furnish 10 inc American lawyer the decisions of
Westminster Hall, nearly fipo years before they
could oheoise be obtained, and long before the pub
LEGATION of the contcmporancous decisions of most
OF oar own tribunals.
The price of this publication will be & 10 for
twelve numbers, payable in advance or for the six
volumes, handsomely AID uniformly bound in law
sheep, ) IL.
The parts will be sold separately If desired at
s each.
Sings volume, bound, 81 %
Parts J. and H., stitched, or Vol. | bound in law
sheep, containing reports of one hundred and
@ghty-clght cascs, now ready for delivery.
The following among the opinions of this
work expressed on the publication ofthe first num-
Der:
Letter from Hon. Mard Fillmore, President Of Ire
United States.
WAsHsGTos, April - 1851.
JAMES BRowS, ESQ: My DEAR SlR-some davs
since received, by the hand of the Postmaster
General, the first number of the English Reports
"hlch you propose to repuhlish in this country
comprising every case reported in England and
now have your letter of the 9th instant incuiring
my opinion of tl,o enterprise.
Whlie pursuing my profession, took deep in
terest In publications of this kind. The able
ludges who have adorned the judicial tribunals of
England have shed lustre upon the Common
Law, and illumined its proioundest depths con-
slder no law library complete that does not contain
Their principal reports in Law and Equity and in
Weir Ecclesiastical Courts, and in Admiralty For
some years had been in the habit Of receiving
these in - condensed" form. This condensation
however, consisted, not In abbreyiation of each
rase, but u 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 ''cOndensed reports |
therefore hailed with great pleasure an effort which
was made some time since to republish the whole
II the English Reports entire, can be rcpublishcd
with despatch in this country alta price co low as
20 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
J can only express the hope that your reward may
be equal to your merits. | am your obedicnt
servant. WILLARD FILLMORE.
F,Um Ae Ne,r York Literary Itorld.
Messrs. Little s Brown, Of Boston, whose law
books, IN point OF typographical execution, vie
with the bCst similar Issues of the Enplish nrrss
and IN point OF value and importance are 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 hasis Of this series, OF which the first mum
Der u before us, are the Lam Journal R,porfs and
the Jpist, two Enclish serials which communicate
10 the British Bar within a few weeks after their
delivery, the prominent decisions of all the c,,irts
from the House Of Lords to the Court of BapkruDt-
q Y nd bgr trTit fNa1z Of -. NJ
important jurisdiction. This excellent arraurc.
ment might be followed with great adyautacci in tina
country, for the purpose Of obviatng the delay
which necessarily attends the issuing Of the rcgu-
lar volumes Of reports Of particular courts and
VIC arc glad to the enterprise Of our legal pub
hshc"s ayailing Themselves OF it, to Introduce the
English Rcports promptly and regularly TO the pro-
lesion The authority of Westminster Hall has lost
nothing OF its sanction and the permanently high
character Of the English judiciary gives 10 their
ndJudicauOus a continued weight and decisive in.
hucnCc with our courts Hitherto the difficulty has
hecu that the reported cases there have grown old
before they could be quoted aud applied mere aud
there was no way in which the current iurispru.
deucC aud authorizations Of the day in the English
courts could be made available by the American
bar, except at great expense and by continual vig
lance. This difficulty Mossrs. Little & Browne
RcPorts Will remove; the cases decided i'm the
9uccu's Bench, the Common Pleas, and the *.
Cbc1ucr Chamber IN January, will be ready for de-
livery here IN April or May, long before aljudrcI
'l1it ~ Tue same ddif IN our own COurtF appear
the regular reports in which they arc pcrpctuatod
Nearly two years will thus be gained over the pre-
scut system, which requires delay until the large
volume II authorized reports u published the
other side and has then been reprinted on THE.
Ono advantage Of the present series IT, that the
decisions which IL gives those 81 courts in bdnc
%. deliberate judgments Of the benct, and not the
Ices reliable dccisions at Niyi Prius, which how
ever interesting in many instances, do not carry
with them the same authority and force.
The Reports are edited by +. a. Bennett and
Chauncy Smith, csqs, pf the Boston bar, and their
systeinatie arrangement, and the care with which
tbc notcs, index. &c, are prepared, evidence the
thorough manner IA which the p'Oposcd sericE will
be- carried out.
la this connection we take PLEASURE IN advcrtiug
o. M,ssr5. Little and Browns Jthcr legal publiCa.
tiOus, among which arc included many OF the most
apICu1u- and authoritative reatscs Of our uris-
prudence. Judge Story's works, FOR ming library
almost oi themselves, aud familiar Tor their high
value and extensive reputation % American read
ors in general as well az 20 the legal profession
have all ssuod from thor prcBs; have also the
several works Of Professor GrccnlcaE Two very
yalua hlo and extensive annual publications arc also
I.5ucI by theIn, the Tinted Stafcg Uigesf aud the
STATUTES al Large; the hitter being tho authorized
edition Of tho ACts Of 'ougrcss, got up IN much
batter .ty.c, both for ciorcncc and preservation,
than under tho old Jegins u public printing al