Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
On a motion to dismiss pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (7), the complaint must be accorded a liberal construction, the facts as alleged therein must be accepted as true, and the plaintiff must be accorded the benefit of every favorable inference. The court's function on such a motion is to determine only whether the facts as alleged fit within any cognizable legal theory (see Leon v Martinez,
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