Polygram Holding, Inc. v. Cafaro
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Karla Moskowitz, J.), entered May 12, 2005, granting summary judgment to *340plaintiff for the enforcement of a promissory note, and denying defendant’s motion for discovery, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, plaintiffs cross motion for summary judgment denied, defendant’s motion to compel discovery granted, and the matter remanded for further proceedings.
Absent fraud or mutual mistake, the parol evidence rule precludes a party from offering evidence to contradict or modify an unambiguous contract (see Marine Midland Bank-S. v Thurlow, 53…
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