Terms Used In Alabama Code 37-1-122

  • 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.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

All appeals shall be taken within 30 days from the date of such action or order and shall be granted as a matter of right and be deemed perfected by filing with the Public Service Commission a bond for security of cost of said appeal, when the appellant is a utility or person, and by filing notice of an appeal when the appellant is the State of Alabama.