THE HONOURABLE Dr.JUSTICE G.RADHA RANI

JUDGMENT:

This appeal is filed by the appellant-defendant aggrieved by the judgment and decree dated 16.03.2018 in O.S No.638 of 2016 on the file of the IV Senior Civil Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad.

2. The respondent is the plaintiff.

3. For the sake of convenience, the parties are hereinafter referred as arrayed before the trial court.

4. The plaintiff filed the suit for recovery of money of Rs.14,00,000/- with interest at 12% per annum from the date of decree till realization with costs. The plaintiff contended that it was a private limited company doing the business of marketing and selling of seeds. It was having agents all over India for marketing the products and one of its marketing agent, by name, M/s. Om Sai Agro Marketing was located at Lucknow. During the course of its business, the plaintiff engaged the services of the defendant for transportation of products by its agents to Hyderabad and thus, four trucks load of agricultural seeds of maize were transported to Hyderabad on 16.07.2014, 17.07.2014, 23.07.2014 and

25.07.2014. The freight charges amounting to Rs.2,23,083/- was payable at the dispatch point. The said goods were deli