HILDRETH v. TIDEWATER EQUIPMENT CO.

No. 32, Sept. Term, 2003.

838 A.2d 1204 (2003)

378 Md. 724

John E. HILDRETH v. TIDEWATER EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 18, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Kostecka (David P. Korteling of Caplan, Buckner & Kostecka, Chartered, on brief), Bethesda, for petitioner.

Brenda S. Fishbein (Fishbein & Fishbein, P.A., on brief), Ellicott City, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J. and ELDRIDGE, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL and BATTAGLIA, JJ.


WILNER, Judge.

The issue before us is whether the Circuit Court for Howard County erred in entering judgment on a corporate debt against petitioner, John Hildreth, and whether the Court of Special Appeals erred in affirming that judgment. We shall conclude that both courts were in error and shall reverse.

BACKGROUND

Hildreth was the sole shareholder, director, and officer of a New Jersey corporation known as HCE, Inc., which, for convenience...

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