Court of Special Appeals of Maryland November 8, 1983, 22, September Term, 1983 (Robert v. Robert)

LOWE, Judge.

Joseph E. Robert, Sr. owns the controlling interest in a corporation known as J. Robert Co., Inc. His son and namesake, Joseph E. Robert, Jr., is a minority shareholder in that corporation. They had a falling out. When their ways parted, Junior founded a competing firm in the same field, real estate brokers, which he named J.E. Robert Company.