Eubanks v. First Mount Vernon Industrial Loan Assoc., Inc.

EYLER, Judge.

This case presents the question, one of first impression in Maryland’s appellate courts, whether an action against forcible detainer is an action under Maryland Code, Real Property (“RP”) § 8-402, such that rent escrow relief may be awarded under RP § 8-118. The action was filed by the record owner of real property seeking possession of the property from one alleged to be unlawfully in possession. The Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County ordered, pursuant to the rent escrow provisions contained in RP § 8-118, that, pending a jury trial in that court, the person in possession pay…