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Courts have developed two different meanings of the term “inconsistent” under the Uniform Commercial Code. In Hunt Foods & Industries, Inc. v. Doliner (N.Y.App.Div. 1966) 26 A.D.2d 41 [270 N.Y.S.2d 937], the court expressed a narrow view of “inconsistency.” In that case, the court concluded the evidence of an oral condition precedent did not contradict the terms of a written stock option that was unconditional on its face and, therefore, Uniform Commercial Code section 2-202 did not bar admission of the evidence. (Hunt Foods & Industries, Inc. v. Doliner, supra, 270 N.Y.S.2d at p. 940.) 

This narrow view has ...