Vale v. Campbell

It has been so often held by this court that the order of the court on the question of actual bias of a prospective juror is discretionary, that such ruling should be considered the settled law of the state. A leading case announcing this principle is State v. Armstrong, 43 Or. 207 (73 Pac. 1022), quoted at length with approval in State v. Brumfield, 104 Or. 506, 525 et seq. (209 Pac. 120.) The trial court did not abuse its discretion in overruling plaintiff’s objection to the juror in the instant case.

Plaintiff complains of the court’s ruling permitting defendant to cross-examine plaintiff’s…