$1.$ Potter Management Co$.($PMC$)$ provided man$$agement services to apartment complexes. PMC$$s only assets were equipment worth $$500$ and a bank account with an average balance of $$1,500.$ Harold Potter ran the company and owned half of the stock. PMC contracted with Property Tax Research Co$.($PTR$)$ to obtain a lower property tax assessment on one of its complexes. PTR per$$formed$,$ but PMC refused to pay and transferred its assets and employees to Land$$Management$,$ Inc., a corporation controlled by Potter. PTR filed a suit in a Missouri state court against Potter and others to recover the unpaid fees. Should the court pierce the corporate veil and hold Potter personally liable for the debt? If so$,$ on what basis?$$