Terms Used In Alabama Code 11-17-7

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

Any party interested in such proceeding to locate and fix boundaries of burial places, as provided for in this chapter, may appeal to the probate court within 30 days from the filing of such report for the purpose only of fixing the amount of damages to the property taken or injured.