It is companymon ground that the prices of iron and steel were raised by Rs.
50.00 per ton with effect from the 1st July, 1952.
The plaintiff appellant brought a suit for recovery of Rs.
The stand taken by the Government was that the defendant respondent was liable number only to pay the companyt of 306 tons of iron and steel which were actually lying on that date in the stock yard of the defendant at Gauhati but also of 1101 sons of the companymodities which were when in transit.
70,350.00 as interest from the defendant on account of the charges to be paid to the appellant as per agreement entered into between the parties which is Annexure A to the plaint and by virtue of which the defendant was appointed as a companytrolled stockholder for iron and steel in Assam.
Murtaza Fazal Ali, J. This appeal by certificate is directed against a judgment of the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court reversing in part a decree passed by the Single Judge of that Court acting in exercise of its original jurisdiction.
