Tennessee § 69-5-501 - Right of appeal — Time — Notice — Bond.
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§ 69-5-501. Right of appeal — Time — Notice — Bond.
Any party aggrieved may appeal from the decision of the court in establishing, or refusing to establish, the improvement district, or its decision in the allowance of damages, such appeal being to the circuit court, and any party so desiring to appeal shall have the right to have the benefit of appeal at any time within five (5) days after the decision is made, without formally praying an appeal, by filing with the clerk of the county a notice of the appeal, at the same time filing with such clerk a bond, to be approved by the clerk in the sum and condition prescribed in § 69-5-502 . Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 8; 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 25, § 4; Shan., § 3871a39; Code 1932, § 4256; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-1101; T.C.A. § 69-6-501 . Law Reviews. The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U. L. Rev. 241.
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Section 69-5-501 ("Right of appeal — Time — Notice — Bond.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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