Order affirmed, insofar as appealed from, with costs.
It is well settled that when a contract provides for interest to be paid at a specified rate until the principal is paid, the contract rate of interest, rather than the legal rate set forth in CPLR 5004, governs until payment of the principal or until the contract is merged in a judgment (see, e.g., O'Brien v Young, 95 N.Y. 428; Schwall v Bergstol,
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