Swift & Co. v. Platte

Citations

• 68 Kan. 1
• 72 P. 271
• 1903 Kan. LEXIS 399

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Corporations — Suits against Foreign Corporations — Right to a Review. The statutory provision prohibiting a corporation which has not obtained a certificate from the secretary of state that certain statements have been made and filed by it from prosecuting an action in any of the courts of the state (Laws 1901, ch. 125, §3; Gen. Stat. 1901, § 1283) does not apply to corporations which have been summoned into court and made to defend against actions brought by other parties; nor does it prevent such corporations from obtaining a review and a reversal of judgments rendered against them in such .actions.</p> <p>2, Jtnsr and Jurors — Examination in Personal-injury Cases. In. the voir dire examination of jurors in personal-injury oases brought against corporations or others, it is error to permit counsel for the plaintiff to ask questions which unnecessarily suggest and bring to the attention of jurors the fact that the defendant is insured in an accident company which will pay the fees of the attorneys defending and also any judgments resulting from accidents to employees of defendant.</p> <p>3. - Latitudein Examination. Considerable latitude should be allowed in the examination of jurors to the end that all who have any bias or prejudice, or are otherwise disqualified, may be excluded from the panel, but the inquiry should, never extend so far as unnecessarily to introduce extraneous matter of a prejudicial character that may improperly influence the verdict.</p> <p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Jury and Jurors — Examination in Personal-injury Cases. In the voir dire examination of proposed jurors in personal-injury cases it is not necessarily error to allow counsel for plaintiff to draw attention to the fact of the-existence of insurance companies , which indemnify employers against loss or damage which may arise from injuries to their employees, and to conduct an inquiry, in good faith and within reasonable limits, concerning t