Ordered that on the Court's own motion, the appellants' notice of appeal is treated as an application for leave to appeal from so much of the order as granted the defendants' application, inter alia, to deem the proposed answer to have been served, and leave to appeal is granted (see CPLR 5701 [c]); and it is further,
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the plaintiffs' motion is granted, and the defendants' application is denied.
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