Moore Ford Co. v. Smith

John R. Elrod, Special Justice.

This is an action for misrepresentation.

In March, 1977, appellee purchased a new 1977 Mustang automobile from Moore Ford Company. She executed a conditional sales contract, assigned by Moore Ford Company to Ford Motor Credit Corporation, consistently made her monthly payments thereon, and drove the car for approximately sixteen months before she discovered that it had prior body work performed on the hood and one fender. Thereupon, she brought this cause of action, alleging that the car had been represented as a new car at the time of purchase when in fact it…