Alabama Clay Products Co. v. Mathews

Section 8662, new to the Code of 1923, says: “In civil and criminal eases, either party shall have the right to examine jurors as to their qualifications, interest, or bias that would affect the trial of the case, and shall have the right, under the direction of the court, to examine said jurors as to any matter that might tend to affect their verdict.”

This section was not intended as affording a ground of challenge for cause, but to enable counsel to obtain information in order to intelligently strike the jurors. It is evident, however, that the nature and character of questions to be asked…