Gephardt v. Morgan Guaranty Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, J.), entered April 14, 1992, granting defendants’ CPLR 3211 (a) (1) and (7) motions and cross-motions to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
It is well settled that a defense based on documentary evidence can succeed if the documents submitted resolve all of the factual issues as a matter of law (Standard Chartered Bank v D. Chabbott, Inc., 178 AD2d 112). The clear and unambiguous language contained in the documents relied on by the moving parties established not only the existence of fee schedules for…
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