Other changes in written contracts which modify the legal effect thereof may be material alterations. Thus a waiver of exemptions written over a blank indorsement,1 adding "protest waived " to an indorsement,2 or striking out a condition so as to leave the promise absolute,3 are all material alterations. So the addition of a word such as "his "4 which may make the subject-matter specific instead of general is a material alteration. An interlineation in a note to the effect that a vendor's lien is reserved on the land for which the note is given is not an immaterial alteration as a matter of law, since the deed may have waived the lien.5

2Rochford v. McGee, - S. D. - ; 61 L. R. A. 335; 94 N. W. 695.

3 Payne v. Long, 121 Ala. 385; 25 So. 780.

4 Cambridge Sav. Bank v. Hyde, 131 Mass. 77; 41 Am. Rep. 193.

5 Howe v. Thompson, 11 Me. 152; Theopold Mercantile Co. v. Deike, 76 Minn. 121; 77 Am. St. Rep. 607; 78 N. W. 977.

6 Howe v. Thompson, 11 Me. 152. 7 Theopold Mercantile Co. v.

Deike, 76 Minn. 121; 77 Am. St. Rep. 607; 78 N. W. 977.

8Cussen v. Brandt, 97 Va. 1; 75 Am. St. Rep. 762; 32 S. E. 791.

1 Jordan v. Long, 109 Ala. 414; 19 So. 843.

2 Davis v. Eppler, 38 Kan. 629; 16 Pac. 793; Schwartz v. Wilmer, 90 Md. 136; 44 Atl. 1059.

3 Tate v. Fletcher, 77 Ind. 102.

4 Consumers' Ice Co. v. Jennings, 100 Va. 719; 42 S. E. 879.

sMcDaniel v. Whitsett, 96 Tenn. 10; 33 S. W. 567.