Alexander Campbell King
Judge King no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge King decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
He required evidence that cane-syrup residue was actually fermented and fit to produce spirits before allowing a criminal conviction to stand.
“There is no evidence upon which a finding could be had that the defendant *569made any fermented skimmings, or that the skimmings were not merely the residuum lawfully remaining from the conversion of sugar cane into syrup.”
Procedural preferences
He treated subject-matter jurisdiction as a threshold issue the appellate court must examine even when the parties had not raised it.
“The United States District Court, therefore, had no jurisdiction of these cases.”
Cautions
He applied prior-judgment preclusion to prevent a bankruptcy trustee from reopening the validity of a mortgage already established in foreclosure.
“It is therefore not open to the trustee to now raise any question to such conclusion and judgment of the decree of foreclosure”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The judgment of the court in increasing said debt by said amount is therefore affirmed.”
“The motion to dismiss is' therefore sustained, and the ease is ordered dismissed, on the above grounds.”
“The judgment of the District Court is affirmed.”
“'The judgment of the District Court in each case is therefore reversed.”
“The petition to superintend and revise is therefore denied.”
A historical record
Judge King no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.