Alabama Fuel & Iron Co. v. Courson

The effect of the decisions is to preserve the time-honored institution of the common law — the jury system. The right of both parties to a jury, free from bias, prejudice, or interest, should not be lost, and that right should not be subject to chance or perils such as have been pointed out and condemned by this court. See New York Life Ins. Co. v. Turner, 210 Ala. 197, 97 So. 687; City of Birmingham v. Lane, 210 Ala. 252, 97 So. 728; Leith v. State, 206 Ala. 439, 90 So. 687; Manning v. A. B. & A. Ry. Co., 206 Ala. 629, 91 So. 446; L. & N. R. Co. v. Turney, 183 Ala. 398, 62 So. 885; B. R.,…