Case Name: Walter McMeekan, as Trustee under a Declaration of Trust Dated June 27th, 1936, for the Benefit of the Holders of First Mortgage Participation Certificates Guaranteed by Bond and Mortgage Guarantee Company, and Designated as Guarantee No. 213786, Appellant, v. B/G Sandwich Shops, Incorporated, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1938-06-30
Citations: 168 Misc. 355
Docket Number: 
Parties: Walter McMeekan, as Trustee under a Declaration of Trust Dated June 27th, 1936, for the Benefit of the Holders of First Mortgage Participation Certificates Guaranteed by Bond and Mortgage Guarantee Company, and Designated as Guarantee No. 213786, Appellant, v. B/G Sandwich Shops, Incorporated, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 168
Pages: 355–356

Head Matter:
Walter McMeekan, as Trustee under a Declaration of Trust Dated June 27th, 1936, for the Benefit of the Holders of First Mortgage Participation Certificates Guaranteed by Bond and Mortgage Guarantee Company, and Designated as Guarantee No. 213786, Appellant, v. B/G Sandwich Shops, Incorporated, Respondent.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
June 30, 1938.
O’Malley & Wilson [Nicholas P. Callaghan of counsel], for the appellant.
Proskauer, Rose & Paskus [Eugene Eisenman of counsel], for the respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The written lease was not a sealed instrument and the jury so found. (Drexler-Rochester Properties, Inc., v. Paris, 236 App. Div. 409; Empire Trust Co. v. Heinze, 242 N. Y. 475, 479.) The oral modification of this written lease in respect to future reductions of the agreed rental contravened the Statute of Frauds and was, therefore, unenforceable. (Real Prop. Law, § 259, prior to amendment by Laws of 1934, chap. 750; 800 West End Ave. Corp. v. Warner, 250 N. Y. 221.) There was an accord and satisfaction as to the rent due for August, 1936, and September, 1936.
Judgment reversed, with thirty dollars costs, and judgment directed for plaintiff for the sum of $800 and costs.
Shientag and Noonan, JJ., concur; Frankenthaler, J., taking no part.