Court of Special Appeals of Maryland November 5, 1997, 230, Sept. Term, 1997 (Papillo v. Pockets, Inc.)

HOLLANDER, Judge.

Gregory M. Papillo, appellant, and Albert E. Crandall, appellee, have been engaged in a protracted dispute concerning two close corporations in which each party owned a fifty percent interest. In 1993, after appellant sought dissolution of both corporations, appellee elected to avoid dissolution by pm-chasing appellant’s stock, pursuant to Md.Code (1975, 1993 Repl.Vol.