Legal Opinion

Droney v. Droney

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided January 3, 1995No. 539PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOLLANDER, Judge.

This case presents for our consideration the novel question of whether a mobile home may ever change its character from that of a motor vehicle—an item of personalty—to a fixture upon realty. We answer that it can; whatever the mobile home may once have been, its character was transformed here by the actions of the parties in affixing it to the realty. Based on the undisputed facts of this case, we hold that the mobile home in question lost its vehicular status and became a fixture upon the land when the parties removed its wheels, bolted it to the ground, attached utility…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. California v. CarneySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. State v. Roll and SchollCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1973
  3. Doering v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1988
  4. Attorney General v. Anne Arundel County School Bus Contractors Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
  5. Bradshaw v. Prince George's CountyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1979

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3Cited by12 opinions

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  4. Beeman v. Department of Health & Mental HygieneCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1995
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