altered instrument
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 69 U.S. 219 - Smith v. United States · 1864Most cited · 90 citing opinions
where the alteration is apparent on the face of the instrument, the party offering it in evidence and claiming under it is bound to show that the alteration was made under such circumstances that it does not affect his right to recover
How often courts cite the case defining “altered instrument”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “altered instrument” — 89 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.