Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Phelps

(after stating the facts as above). In Ry. Co. v. Sage, 43 Tex. Civ. App. 38, 94 S. W. 1074, it was held that the provision in the statute (article 2134, R. S. 1925) disqualifying a person as a juror who is biased in favor of or prejudiced against a party to the suit could not be treated as authority for holding a person biased in favor of or prejudiced against a witness- in a ease to be disqualified as a juror therein. It was held further, however, that under article 2144, R. S. 1925, prejudice against a witness would be sufficient cause for sustaining a challenge to a proffered juror, if…