Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
A motion to dismiss a complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (1) may be granted only where the documentary evidence submitted by the movant utterly refutes the plaintiff's allegations against it and conclusively establishes a defense as a matter of law (see Goshen v Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N.Y.,
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