Zinda v. McCann Street, Ltd.

OPINION

Opinion by Justice ROSS.

John Zinda appeals from a judgment in a jury trial. Zinda had been a limited partner in McCann Street, Ltd. (the partnership). The other limited partners were brothers and sister, C. Kyle Smith, G.P. Smith, III, (Trey) and Cheyene Smith. McCann Street General, Inc. — of which Kyle 1 and Trey were the controlling shareholders — was the corporate general partner. The partnership owned and operated a restaurant, the McCann Street Bar and Grill, which was managed by Zin-da. On learning Zinda had taken substantial sums out of the business coffers for his own use, the…