Whaley v. SIM GRADY MACHINERY COMPANY, INC.

Mobley, Justice.

1. The trial court refused to permit counsel for plaintiff to ask prospective jurors during the selection of the juiy the following questions:

“Are any of you engaged in the insurance business for yourselves or do any of you work directly or indirectly for an insurance company?”

“Are' you interested as a shareholder, stockholder, director, officer, employee or otherwise, in any insurance company issuing policies of insurance as [sic] injury to persons or property?”

Counsel for plaintiff contend that Code Ann. § 59-705 gives them the right to ask those questions. The application…