$4.$ Sloop John B $($hereinafter $$Sloop$)$ a $17-$year$-$old rapper extraordinaire, with the

Group, Two Live Brew, traveled to Boston for a concert appearance. Sloop

decided to purchase a sports car to take in the local sights. Sloop contracted to

purchase a sports convertible from Prancing Horse Motors, Ltd$.$ For the sum of $$148,000.$ Sloop agreed to an electronic transfer of the purchase price from his

Beverly Hills Bank upon his return to California and the car dealer reluctantly agreed to the arrangement. The following day, after the concert and an all$-$

night party Sloop drove the new convertible into the hotel swimming pool and

left it there! The following morning Sloop and his army of handlers $($a$/$k$/$a posse$)$ checked out of the hotel and left Boston, returning to California. The auto

dealership, Prancing Horse Motors, Ltd$.,$ contacted the band$$s representative

and Sloop refused to pay for the car. One year later, the car dealership filed

suit in court seeking damages in the amount of $$148,000.$

You are the judge assigned the case. Who will be successful and why?