Kountouris v. Varvaris

I

This unusual action finds a brother contesting his sister's title to real property on a resort island in Greece, each claiming by and from their father. The sister claims title by conveyance under a power of attorney the father gave her husband/his son-in-law. In a related action the son claims under the father's subsequently executed will. Because there likely is more than a piece of Greek island property inside the Trojan horse we have been tendered, we proceed cautiously and generally.

The instant appeal centers upon the power of attorney. For what purposes, if any, is the power of…