As so modified, order affirmed, without costs.
The oral agreement alleged by defendant in opposing the third cause of action was without valuable consideration to plaintiff because defendant's oral promise to give a mortgage on its building was unenforcible (General Obligations Law, § 5-703; cf. Bateman Fuel Oil Serv. v. Sklaver,
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