Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The Supreme Court properly dismissed the appellants' first counterclaim for damages for fraud. The appellants failed to show that they had reasonably relied on the alleged misrepresentations by the plaintiffs, a necessary element in an action for damages for fraud (see, e.g., 113-14 Owners Corp. v Gertz,
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