Orders and judgment appealed from unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Apart from other considerations it is clear that the oral agreement of October 19, 1951, relied upon by the plaintiff, being a substantial modification of an agreement required to be in writing, must itself be in writing. (Davison Coal Co. v. Weston, Dodson & Co., 209 App. Div. 514.) The plaintiff is seeking to avoid the impact of the Statute of Frauds and to resist summary judgment attempts...
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