Besides operating a garage, Jimmy also sells second hand race cars. His business is very good and this brings him a lot of wealth. Recently a customer, Andrew, negotiated with him for the purchase of a race car previously belonged to a famous Formula One champion racing driver Schumacher. Jimmy could not locate such a car in the market. He only had with him a race car belonged to another world champion, Senna. Eager to complete the deal, Jimmy invited Andrew to look at the car and made a clear statement to Andrew that it once belonged to Schumacher. Relying on the statement of Jimmy, Andrew bought the car. A few months later, Jonah, a close friend of Schumacher told Andrew that the statement by Jimmy was not true since Schumacher never possessed a race car of this model.

After Andrew has discovered that Jimmy made an untrue statement to induce him to buy the race car, he wants to rescind the contract and gets back the purchase price. He also wishes to claim damages from Jimmy. Advise him the possible legal ground that he can base on to proceed. In your answer, explain in detail the operation of such ground by reference to legal cases and provisions, if any.

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