Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
On this motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (1) to dismiss the complaint based on a defense founded upon documentary evidence, the defendant failed to sustain his burden of coming forward with documentary evidence which "utterly refutes [the] plaintiff's factual allegations, conclusively establishing a defense as a matter of law" (Goshen v Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N.Y.,
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