Maddox v. Cohn

In this case, we have been asked to invalidate what appears to be a routine practice in some parts of Maryland of requiring a successful third-party bidder at a foreclosure sale to pay the trustees, who have been compensated by the court, an additional fee of $295 as an attorney’s fee for the review of settlement documents. We agree with the Circuit Court for Wicomico County that the imposition of the fee is improper because there is no explicit provision in a statute, Maryland rule, local rule, or in the debt instrument itself authorizing this charge. Although we find that such a fee would…