Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
On a motion to dismiss a complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (1), if the documentary evidence submitted by the defendant "utterly refutes [the] plaintiff's factual allegations" and conclusively establishes a defense to the asserted claims as a matter of law, the motion may be granted (Goshen v Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N.Y.,
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