Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
The court's role on this motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7) was to determine whether the counterclaim stated a cause of action. "The motion must be denied if from the pleadings' four corners `factual allegations are discerned which taken together manifest any cause of action cognizable at law'. . . In furtherance of this task, we liberally construe the [counterclaim] . . ., and accept as true...
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