Case Name: Emiel Martens et al., Doing Business as Emiel Martens & Son, Co., Respondents, v. General Foods Corporation, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1950-03-22
Citations: 276 A.D.2d 1053
Docket Number: 
Parties: Emiel Martens et al., Doing Business as Emiel Martens & Son, Co., Respondents, v. General Foods Corporation, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 276
Pages: 1053–1054

Head Matter:
(March 22, 1950.)
Emiel Martens et al., Doing Business as Emiel Martens & Son, Co., Respondents, v. General Foods Corporation, Appellant.

Opinion:
Memorandum: The basis of plaintiffs' recovery is an alleged oral modification of a written contract for the sale of spinach which plaintiffs agreed to grow and deliver to defendant. The written contract provided that defendant would pay for the spinach delivered thereunder according to grade. Concededly defendant paid plaintiff the amount due thereunder. Under the oral modification relied on at the trial the defendant agreed to pay the grade 1 price irrespective of the actual grade. The written contract provides in substance that none of its provisions can be waived, altered, or amended, except by written memorandum signed by both parties. We think the court erred in admitting oral testimony to prove a modification of the written contract and erred in denying defendant's motion made at the close of plaintiffs' case to dismiss the complaint for failing to prove a cause of action. (Personal Property Law, § 33-e, subd. 1; Green v. Doniger, 300 N. Y. 238; Siegel v. Goodman, 186 Misc. 108.) All concur. (The judgment appealed from is for plaintiffs in an action for merchandise sold and delivered.) Present — Taylor, P. J., McCurn, Love, "Vaughan and Kimball, JJ.