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LANEY v. STATE, No. 44, September Term, 2003.Court of Appeals of Maryland Filed: February 13, 2004.
The right of peaceable self-help, therefore, is an avaiable mechanism for a title owner of property to obtain actualpossession of real property from a holdover mortgagor. Under the facts in the case at bar, the right to possess ion and title of 3612 Fels Lane clearly belonged to the DVA. Laney lost his right to possess the property when Commercial Federal purchased it at a public sale in Howard County that was "duly reported, ratified and confirmed by the Circuit Court for Howard County. . . ." Subsequently, on January 6, 2000, the Circuit Court "substituted the [DVA] as the foreclosure sale purchaser in place and in stead of Commercial Federal Mortgage Corporation. "Then, at least by the date of the deed, March 17, 2000, when fee simple in 3612 Fels Lane was granted to the DVA, the DVA ownership and the right to possession of the house.