Opinion
Argued September 3, 1980
Decided October 21, 1980
Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, EDWARD J. GREENFIELD, J.
Franz S. Leichter and Stephen M. Harnik for appellants.
Laurence Shiff for Eximetals Corporation, plaintiff.
Mark Abramowitz and Aurora Cassirer for Bank Leumi Trust Company of New York, respondent.
Steven J. Stein, David Aronson and Marianne Stecich for Israel Discount Bank, respondent.
In each case: On the court's own motion, the September 16, 1980 decision to dismiss is vacated, the appellants having accepted this court's invitation to seek correction of the jurisdictional defect by obtaining leave to appeal from the Appellate Division on a certified question, and the following decision is substituted therefor: Order affirmed, with costs, for reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division ( 73 A.D.2d 526) and the question certified answered in the affirmative.
Concur: Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER.