Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in granting the defendant's motion pursuant to CPLR 317 to vacate a judgment entered upon its failure to appear or answer. A defendant is entitled to vacatur of a default judgment if it establishes that it did not receive personal notice of the summons in time to defend, and has a meritorious defense (see Eugene Di Lorenzo, Inc. v Dutton Lbr. Co.,
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