New Hampshire Revised Statutes 372:17 – Reduction of Damage
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 372:17
- 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.
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
If the landowner’s damages are reduced upon appeal, the proprietors of the railroad shall have judgment and execution against him for the amount of such reduction if he has taken the damages tendered to him; but, if he has not taken such damages, the proprietors may retain the amount of such reduction from the tender, or, if the damages have been paid to the state treasurer, the proprietors shall be entitled to have such reduction returned to them by the treasurer.