Opinion ID: 1715464
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Wreck evidence

Text: The trial court was asked to preclude the introduction of evidence about the condition of the car before it was rebuilt on the ground that the O'Neal personnel had no idea how badly it had been wrecked. The judge refused to permit Davie to present evidence about personal injuries suffered by Ms. Hurdle in the collision, but did permit pictures of the wrecked car to be introduced. Davie had the burden of proving his damages resulting from the misrepresentation. Storthz v. Commercial Nat'l Bank, 276 Ark. 10, 631 S.W.2d 613 (1982). The evidence in question tended to prove the car as one which had been wrecked and that the damage was so severe it had to be rebuilt. Davie's expert witness, Bourland, gave a figure as the value of a rebuilt car as opposed to one which merely had paint and body damage. Whether the car in question was a rebuilt wreck or one with only paint and body work, as Davie was told, thus was an issue. The evidence was relevant to that issue, and as mentioned above, to the value of the car when Davie purchased it.