Darby v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

We have had occasion in the past to note the reluctance with which members of our bar have come to grips with the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code (the U.C.C.), Maryland Code (1957, 1964 Repl. Vol.) Art. 95B, Wilke, Inc. v. Cummins Diesel Engines, Inc., 252 Md. 611, 250 A. 2d 886 (1969). In this case, we encounter •an antithetical situation in which a creditor, in its eagerness to have its claim for storage charges given preferential status, sought to enforce a lien which in our view was not available to it under the.U.C.C.

In 1967, the appellant Darby, who was engaged in the business…