Order affirmed, with $50 costs and disbursements.
Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment is based upon the doctrine of collateral estoppel. It is well established that to invoke collateral estoppel, "`There must be [1] an identity of issue which has necessarily been decided in the prior action and is decisive of the present action, and [2] a full and fair opportunity to contest the decision now said to be controlling'" (S. T. Grand, Inc. v City of New York
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