Wood v. Travelers Indemnity Co.

Barney,' J.

Sugar is not an approved automobile engine additive. On May 3, 1968, the plaintiff discovered that mis*442chief had been done to his car by persons unknown, through the dumping of sugar into his gasoline tank and down his oil filler pipe. He called on the defendant for help under a vandalism clause in his insurance policy.

Help was forthcoming. The car was taken to a garage and certain corrective procedures undertaken to remove the sugar. The evidence demonstrated that sugar in the gasoline tank would tend to cut off the fuel supply, and, if it reached the carburetor and combustion…