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Terms Used In Alabama Code 37-1-128

  • 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.
  • circuit: means judicial circuit. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • 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

The bond required to be filed as provided in this subdivision in order to supersede an order of the commission shall be double the sum estimated under Section 37-1-127, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the judge, one of which may be a surety company, payable to the State of Alabama and conditioned to pay all such loss or damage as any person, firm or corporation may sustain, including all such excess rates, fares or charges as such person, firm or corporation may have paid pending the appeal to the circuit court, or any subsequent appeal to the supreme court, in the event the order or action of the commission shall be sustained.