Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
A motion to dismiss a complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (1) "may be appropriately granted only where the documentary evidence utterly refutes 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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