J. B. McCrary Co. v. Phillips

The statute, Code 1923, § 8662, confers on the parties a qualified right “to examine jurors as to their qualifications, interest, or bias that ivould affect the trial of the case," and, “under the direction of the court, to examine said jurors as to any matter tnat might tend to affect their verdict." (Italics supplied.)

This does not mean that the matter inquired about must constitute a legal case for challenge, though such case is within the scope of the inquiry authorized. Mays v. State, 218 Ala. 656, 120 So. 163; Gammill v. Culverhouse, 217 Ala. 65, 114 So. 800; Cooper v. Auman, 219 Ala.…