Smith services, inc., was a trucking company established in 2000 and owned by tony smith as the sole shareholder. smith services, inc., had an account with laker express, a fuel provider, and often would charge fuel purchases for the company trucks to that account. smith’s employees would fuel their vehicles and sign the account slip with a notation that the purchase was for smith services, inc. laker express would bill smith services regularly for the charges on the account. after several months of low business, smith services ceased doing business and was dissolved in 2013, with its assets being distributed to creditors. laker express only recovered a small part of the amount owed by smith services, inc. tony smith then opened up a new trucking service business as a sole proprietor. laker express sought to recover smith services' unpaid fuel charges, which amounted to about $35,000, from smith. he argued that he was not personally liable for a corporate debt. should a court hold tony smith personally liable?