The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-02-07
nrcGlsu REPORTS IN Law AND
EOLETs.


-. ,osals by LITTLE s. BnowY, Up Washington
street Bosion for publishing by subscription 'elo
ssrics Of Lao and Equity Hcporis
tsNHE want of some system 10y which the decisions
1 aud Judicial opinions ot the seVcral courts o!
Iay and Faulty IN England can be more prompt
Nv and cheapy furnished 10 the legal profession IN
this country has long been seriously eit ana ac
ruowlcdged To meet a similar want IN England,
,rhc ''Lap Journal Reports, ana = i"s gTist,
which, together, report decisions IN d!lhte Courts an
;air and Egtsiig, within few weeks after thelr
delivery, were commenced a number OF years
since aud have met with the universal approba-
ton OF the legal profession Their high cost, how
ever has hitherto prevented their general circu-
laion ia this country, and their merits are AZ yet
but little known among us.
The subscribers propose to repubilsh these rc,
ports in full fast as they appear IN England ana
can be received here. They will contain reports
of cases decided in the House OF Lords, the Pnvy
Council the several Courts OF Equity, the Court OF
Queens Bench, the Court OF Common rleas' we
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 Hallway ana Lanai
Casra.
These reports will be published in numbers or
parts commencing with the decisions OF Michael
mas (Noyember) term, 1850, and will be carefully
edited by member OF the bar with notes and re-
ierences to analogous American deeslons.
Each number will consist ol over three hundred
pages closely printed octave, on the best paper and
Ia clear fair type and will contain table OF casos,
and lull table oil contents, tnus ''''u-
plete volume by itself, as well as part OF an en-,
tire series. Every alternate or second number VIII
be PACED consecutively from the number lnIne-
dlaeiy preceding, and will contain table OF cases,
and Of contents 10 both and thus form complete
volume, ready for binding, oforer sirh,,ldred Pas@
In each volume the cases OF the several courts MI.
be found arranged together, and, IN point oi style
and typographical execution, this series Will DC
fully equal to the best reports OF England OF lhis
country.
Its designed to make this a rERMasEST PUBL
law anu Equ.y heports, ~hich snail IN all re-
spects, be far III 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 tioO gears before they
could Otr,oise be 0Jtained, and long before the pub
iicaton of the contemporaneous decisions of most
vi our own tribunals
The price Of this publication will be $40 for
twelve numbers, payable in advance or for the six
volumes, handsomely and uniformly bound in law
sheep, Sl2.
The parts will be sold separately, il desired, at
) each
Single volume, bound, 50 %.
Parts l. and H., stitched, or Vol. l. bound in law
sheep, containing reports OF hundred and
eghty eight cases, now ready for delivery
The following are among the opinions of this
sork expressed on the publication OF the fret num-
Lette, from Hon. MiHud Fillmore, President Of the
United States.
WAsHISeToS, April Is 1851.
JAMES BRowS, ESQ: My DEAR SR-Some DAYS
Hincc ! 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
tCrc5t 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 its proloundest depths. con
slider 40 Law library complete that does not contain
a. nal in Ilny nd
IA Ecclesiastical Courts, and IN Admiralty. For
,aiut years had been in the habit of receiving
these IN g condemned form. This condensation,
however consisted, in an abUrcs iatiOu uf each
1855, bat selection from the several cases. and
was often annoyed by finding a reference 10 CAGES
IN tie Digests, which deemed very important,
wholly omitted in the CONDEMNED reports"
therefore hailed with great pleasure an effort which
yy,s made some time since 10 republish the whole.
n the English Reports entire, be republIshvd
with despatch In this country, at price so low as
g. bring them within the reach OF the members Of
thc bar generally, conceive that il will confer
great ieueht upon the profession and the judiciary,
and ,onsequently upon the country at large. Know
inc your enterprise, anticipate your success, and
! ,li, only press the hope that your reward may
%. opal TO your inrrits. am your obcdient
servant. MiLLARD FILLMORE
F,op Hr Ns,r York Literary lI'O5ld
N,-.u. I.ittlo Brown, Of Boston, who's, law
i.ria. iu p.int 81 typographical execution, sic
vtig toe best similar Issues 81 The English prcsa,
IuI ID
% none Iu thi. couutry, have joel commenced the
puh,atipn u legal series, deserving The especial
attention Of de profession throughout The country
Tie lasis ol this series, Of which the first mum
f.rIs before us arc the i.atC Journal ESyOrfg and
tar Ioist two Euriish serials which communicate
O.. tho Briirh Ear within l"v weeks FER tao,r
delivery, the prominent decisions Of a thr cpIrt-,
f,.r, tc lIousc of Lords 90 the Court of Baukrupt-
..y aud other tribunals Of limited bat practically
.itf.,rtant Jurisdiction. This excellent arraU~r.
u 90 might be followed With great adydntagcin ihis
..Iutry. for The purpose oi Obviating the delay
..il D. necessarily attends the issuing Of the rrgu-
Bar volumes 81 rcpOfts ~ particular courts and
s,r atu glad 30 see tc enterprise q our legal put
u.I.-s lyaiiing thcmsrNes Of d., 10 Introduce che
trsiish RepDrtE promptly aud regularity thf pro-
g.. yn The authority of W cstuInaJcf Hall hsg Loot
f.lIug Of IT, sanctiDn aud The permanently high
character of toe Enyiish Judi.ia.y gives 20 tLer
authorizations continued weight aud decisive Iu.
sf.r,, with our c#urtg. Hitherto the difficulty bta
le. dat Zoe reported casDs there have grown old
l.Elre thry could be- quoted and applied mere, and
t,.,Ir was ns W1y in which the current lurispru-
t,H.r aud adjudication 81 the day BOO thc EngIish
.,,utt. could bc made available ~ the American
bar except OF great expense and ~ continual Wig.
lu.r This difficulty Mcssrs Liilir BrOWu's
Rs..urts Will remove; The cases decided iu the
Qu,sn's Bench. the Common Pleas. and the ~
,lsiucr CHAMBER DO January. will H. ready Tor de-
livery here la April Or May, long before aijudCcJ
.le5 OF the Same date in our ON courts appear In
tir r.gulst reports in which thcy ycrpeiuatcd.
>.,ry tsJ vsafs will tbuz h. gained over DO, pre-.
volume 81 autbnf'zsd reports - published Ou tie
other -id~ snd hAs then been reprinted on this.
Dr. advantage 81 the present series H., that doc
decisions whsh u gives thoso ~ courts n brnr,
r. dfliberate Judgments " t'e bench, aud not the
Irs- reliable decisions 81 Nisi Prius. which. how.
ever interesting in many isstauccs, dO not carry
vltL them tbe same authority and !srce.
fue Reports are edited by y. n. Bennett and
CUauncy Smith, esgs., OF The Boston tar. aud ileir
systemau~ arrangement. and the care with which
the nOtss. index, sc are prepared. evidence the
thorough manner IN ~biDh the propOs"d series will
b. earned cut.
ln uiis connection we take pleasure in adverting
~ Nlessrs. Little aud Browne other legal pubca.
tons among which are included many Of thc most
con epcupus and authoritative treatses Of our Jurs-
prudsucc. Judge Story works, Tor uing a library
almOst u themseyes, aud familiar for their high
sst'r'l aurts Of P'oieEs0r T. freniesi Tg,y.,,,
valuable aud extensive annual pubiiest.l ara. Id -
J.sued ~ them. the iniicd Siofes D,.,t, ,,.I a.,
Siafnie ~ fage; Toe latter being DC ,uti,,,iIo,I
r,itDH 81 ihe Acts 81 Congress, pot up In tp,,t
tr'nf 'iyie, 10th ior reference aud prr4~yvsfi,.,
t.ln under nc old regims u public printing nj
W .-inngtpu, which Included the annual st,Igfes
BOO lad type a'''
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