80 Miss. 800 | Miss. | 1902
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an application by O. W. Day, claiming to be a creditor of the estate of L. B. Day, deceased, to have Mr. Hárper, sheriff of Newton county, appointed administrator of said estate. L. B.
The question for decision was submitted to the' chancellor in due course of law, and we see no ground for disturbing his finding and decision. It is not plainly certain, upon inspection of the note, that it has been altered since its execution, and the burden of proof to show such alteration was upon the appellants. In Ellison v. Railroad Co., 36 Miss., 572, it is said: “In order to raise the presumption that the instrument has been altered, it is necessary that it plainly appear from the face of it that it has been altered. It is not sufficient that it is probable that an alteration has been made, but it must be manifest to the inspection of the jury that it has been made.”
Affirmed.