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HERE THE WRITTEN LOGGING CONTRACT WAS COMPLETE AND UNAMBIGUOUS; EVIDENCE OF AN ALLEGED ADDITIONAL ORAL AGREEMENT WAS PRECLUDED BY THE PAROL EVIDENCE RULE (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined the contract at issue was complete and any evidence of an alleged oral agreement was precluded by the parol evidence rule:

 “The parol evidence rule generally operates to preclude evidence of a prior or contemporaneous communication during negotiations of an agreement that contradicts, varies, or explains a written agreement which is clear and unambiguous in its terms and expresses the parties’ entire agreement and intentions” … . …

Defendants met their initial burden of establishing that the timber sale contract is a complete written instrument, and plaintiffs failed to raise a triable issue of fact in opposition … . The contract sets forth the parties, the address of the property, the contract period, the payment terms, and a description of the items sold … . There is no reference to any other document or map … . Inasmuch as the contract constituted a complete, integrated agreement, plaintiffs may not rely on an alleged oral agreement to permit logging on the southernmost section of the property, permit logging on the middle section of the property only upon additional payment, and prohibit logging on the northernmost section of the property, to vary the terms of the contract. Indeed, one would expect the contract to embody any such restrictions on logging, and “[s]uch a collateral agreement cannot be separately enforced” … . Lentner v Upstate Forestry & Dev., LLC, 2023 NY Slip Op 06626, Fourth Dept 12-22-23

Practice Point: Where a written contract is complete and unambiguous on its face, evidence of an additional oral agreement is precluded by the parol evidence rule.

 

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