Case Name: MANHATTAN GUIDE CO. v. GLUCK et al.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1906-12-11
Citations: 101 N.Y.S. 528
Docket Number: 
Parties: MANHATTAN GUIDE CO. v. GLUCK et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 101
Pages: 528–529

Head Matter:
MANHATTAN GUIDE CO. v. GLUCK et al.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
December 11, 1906.)
Evidence—Varying Writing by Parol.
Oral evidence tending to establish an independent collateral agreement as a condition precedent to a contract becoming operative is not evidence tending to vary or impeach a written instrument.
[Ed. Note.—For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 20, Evidence, § 2049.]
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Sixth District.
Action by the Manhattan Guide Company against John D. Gluck and others. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. Reversed, and new trial ordered.
Argued before GILDERSLEEVE, FITZGERALD, and DAVIS, JJ.
Perry Allen, for appellants.
F. Wakefield Kock, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Oral evidence tending to establish an independ-
ent collateral agreement as a condition precedent to a contract becoming operative is not evidence tending to vary or impeach a written instrument, and its exclusion constitutes reversible error. Benton v. Martin, 52 N. Y. 575; Burke v. Dulaney, 153 U. S. 228, 14 Sup. Ct. 816, 38 L. Ed. 698.
Judgment reversed and new trial ordered, with costs to appellants to abide the event.