Caviness Packing Co., Inc. v. Corbett
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
COUNTISS, Justice.
Caviness Packing Company, Inc. and Ed Barrett appeal an adverse judgment denying them recovery against R. H. “Bob” Cor-bett and D. F. Allen for an alleged breach of a written contract for the sale of cattle. The question before the court is whether parol evidence which Caviness and Barrett tendered to support their interpretation of the contract was admissible. The trial court excluded from jury consideration a substantial amount of the evidence Caviness and Barrett tendered, and when they rested, instructed a verdict in favor of Cor-bett and Allen. We affirm the judgment of…
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