Thornton Mellon v. Frederick Cnty. Sheriff

Thornton Mellon LLC, et al. v. Frederick County Sheriff, et al., No. 51, September Term, 2021 TAX SALE FORECLOSURE CASES – WRITS OF POSSESSION – EXPRESS AND IMPLIED POWERS OF SHERIFFS – Court of Appeals held that sheriffs did not exceed express or implied authority in adopting policies on how to serve writs of possession in tax sale foreclosure cases and that, in execution of writs of possession, sheriffs’ mover policy and weather policy are valid exercise of powers fairly implied by sheriffs’ expressly given duties and authority. Circuit Court for Frederick County Case No. C-10-CV-18-000976…