BOATEL INDUSTRIES, INC. v. HESTER

No. 306, September Term, 1988.

77 Md. App. 284 (1988)

550 A.2d 389

BOATEL INDUSTRIES, INC. T/A BLUEWATER MARINE OF NORTH AMERICA v. JAMES N. HESTER, ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

November 30, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diana G. Motz (Dana Whitehead and Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Ben Cotten (Patricia R. Collins and Cotten, Day & Selfon, on the brief), Washington, D.C., for appellees, James and Sharon Hester.

Elaine R. Lubin (Andrew L. Lipps, John Ferguson and Swidler & Berlin, Chartered, on the brief), Washington, D.C., for appellee, Executive Services, Inc.

Argued before BLOOM, WENNER and POLLITT, JJ.


POLLITT, Judge.

This case demonstrates the real-life consequences for some individuals who ignore the old maxim that it may be unwise to mix business with pleasure. The appellees in the instant case sought to enjoy all of the financial benefits of setting up and maintaining a corporate business, yet when that status later worked to their detriment, they attempted to disavow it on the grounds that it was only a "sideline" and essentially not the "business" which they...

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