Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
"`Upon a motion to dismiss [for failure to state a cause of action], the sole criterion is whether the subject pleading states a cause of action, and if, from the four corners of the complaint, factual allegations are discerned which, taken together, manifest any cause of action cognizable at law, then the motion will fail'" (U.S. Bank N.A. v Stein,
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