Woollen v. Wire

The appellant asked leave to propound to-a juror, on his voir dire, the following question : “In a case where the plaintiff is an attorney at law, and a young man, and the defendant a farmer, and an old man, upon a note payable in bank, assigned before maturity, without notice of any defence, and where the evidence shows that the note was executed by the defendant in the belief that he was only executing an agency agreement, and for which he received no consideration, for whom would you find, the plaintiff or the defendant ? ”

There was no error in refusing to permit this question to be asked.…