Berman v. Christ Apostolic Church International Miracle Center, Inc.

In 1996 the plaintiff loaned the defendant Christ Apostolic Church International Miracle Center, Inc. (hereinafter the Church), the sum of $259,000, secured by a mortgage on the Church’s property. On May 20, 2004, the Church executed an amended mortgage note in the same amount. The same day, the plaintiff executed a power of attorney appointing Jack Berman (hereinafter Berman) as her attorney-in-fact for matters of real estate transactions, banking transactions, and tax matters, limited to “any and all matters related to the mortgage and *1095financing for [the Church’s] property . . . and…