Order modified, on the law, by granting plaintiff's motion for summary judgment to the extent of dismissing defendants' counterclaims for malicious prosecution and libel. As so modified, order affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Since the action at bar has not terminated in the defendants' favor, which is an essential element of their cause of action for malicious prosecution (see Ellman v McCarty,
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