Harris v. Bower

The appellant’s late husband (Harris) seems to have become enthralled by the notion that “[t]here is nothing —absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats . ...” 1 That this delightful and absorbing pursuit was beyond his means has required us to consider whether Code (1964 Repl. Vol.), Art. 95B, the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), should control our resolution of a situation both antic and novel. We think it should control.

Early in 1964 the appellee (Bower), an Oxon Hill plumbing contractor, bought a new twin-screw Chris-Craft “Roamer” cruiser from the…