The appellant is a limited liabili­ty company incorporated in England carrying on business of tea plantation and industry at Koomber and Larsingah in Cachar and the appellant is the owner of the Koomber Tea Estate and Larsingah Tea Estate in Cachar. The ferry across the Barak river at Sadarghat is a public ferry. The town of Silchar on the left side and Rangpur village is on the right side of the Barak river and the two places are connected by the aforesaid ferry and through the Silchar-Kumbhirgram P. W. D. road. Sri Amir Singh respondent No. 2 who was defendant No. 2 in the Court below is the lessee on behalf of the State Government to collect toll in respect of the said ferry. Further down the river from the Silchar-Kumbhirgram road, there is the Silchar Sadarghat Steamer Station and Coal Dump.

The said steamer station is being used by the Joint Steamer Companies as a station for loading and unloading goods. The plaintiff-appellant and many other persons residing or carrying on business on the eastern and northern bank of the river Barak have been using the road for carrying goods to and from steamers and flats moored at the Sadarghat Steamer Station in order to relieve the pressu

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