Order unanimously modified in accordance with memorandum and as modified affirmed, without costs.
Memorandum:
We do not find that Special Term's exercise of discretion was improvident in granting defendants' motion to open the default judgment. CPLR 5015 (subd [a]) empowers the court which rendered the judgment or order to relieve a party from it upon such terms as may be just. An inherent power not limited by statute is also possessed by the court to relieve...
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