State v. Goldberg

Respectfully, I dissent, and would reverse the circuit court’s grant of appellees’ motion for summary judgment.

In a matter of first impression, this Court is called upon to directly address the issue of ejectment as a remedy for non*228payment of ground rent; and, oddly, this Court determines that the statutorily created remedy of ejectment — contingent on non-payment of rent by the lessee and proper notice by the lessor — is, indeed, a remedy but is “essential for the right of re-entry in Maryland grounds rents[,]” and, thus, Chapter 286 of the 2007 Laws of Maryland is unconstitutional. Majority…