Maryland
Maryland High Court Nixes Attorney Fee Argument in Tax Sale Case
April 27, 2022, 6:43 PM
A tax sale certification holder that hindered the flexibility of a house owner to redeem her property was correctly denied attorneys’ charges, the Maryland’s excessive court docket dominated. Maryland’s legislation governing an motion to foreclose the suitable of redemption of property offered at a tax sale says a plaintiff could also be entitled to attorneys’ charges and that the quantity of $1,500 “shall be deemed cheap.”
“The statutory language unequivocally vests the trial court docket with discretion to order reimbursement of lawyer’s charges—the trial court docket could or could not order reimbursement,” the Maryland Court docket of Appeals dominated in an opinion by Choose Shirley M. …