Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
Title42 UNITED STATES. |
Chapter2. CONDEMNATION OF LAND OR RIGHTS-OF-WAY. |
§42-2-9. Appeal from assessment of damages.
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Either party may appeal from the assessment of damages and compensation by the commissioners to the circuit court of the county within 30 days after the making of the order of condemnation, upon the report of the commissioners, by filing in the court rendering the judgment a written notice of appeal, a copy of which shall be served on the opposite party, and on such appeal the trial shall be de novo. No appeal shall suspend the judgment if the applicant shall pay into court in money the amount of damages assessed and give bond in double the amount so assessed, with good and sufficient surety, to be approved by the judge of probate, to pay such damages as the owner may sustain.