HAEBERLE v. TEXAS INTERN. AIRLINES

No. 83-2087.

738 F.2d 1434 (1984)

William HAEBERLE and John W. Magee, Jr., Trading as Villanova Leasing Company, William Haeberle and Harman S. Spolen, Trading as Wayne Leasing Co. and William Haeberle and Oliver Vanderbilt, Trading as Windsor Leasing Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TEXAS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Lawrence J. Fox, Philadelphia, Pa., Stradley, Barnett & Stein, William J. Stradley, James Douglas Ogle, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Sowell & Ogg, Michael L. Landrum, Jack C. Ogg, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, GEE, and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The best language is but a mean method of conveying thought with precision. Despite the imprecision of words, however, the purpose of embodying an agreement in a formal document is to substitute a single written declaration, whatever the hazards of its interpretation, for the uncertainties and vicissitudes inherent in an effort to define in any fashion what two parties have agreed upon. The extrinsic evidence rule precludes the use of...

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