Moglia v. Moglia

In an action to determine the ownership of real properties, the defendants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Ritter, J.), dated October 29, 1987, which granted the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Before returning to her native Italy on a trip of indefinite length, the plaintiff executed a statutory short-form power of attorney agreement by which her adopted daughter the appellant Lena A. Moglia, was appointed her attorney-in-fact in regard to certain rental-producing properties and a retail liquor business which…