An oral collateral agreement requiring a purchaser to pay additional sums beyond the purchase price stated in written contracts for sale of land is inconsistent with those written contracts and unenforceable, particularly where the written contracts contain an entire agreement clause. The rule in Hoyt's Proprietary Ltd v Spencer and Maybury v Atlantic Union Oil Company Limited prevents enforcement of collateral agreements that impinge on or alter the rights created by the main written agreement.
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