Order reversed, without costs or disbursements, and matter remitted to Special Term for further proceedings consistent herewith.
An award of counsel fees is to be determined by the court, consistent with its traditional and inherent authority to regulate the practice of law, on a quantum meruit basis (see Matter of First Nat. Bank v Brower,
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