The appeal provided for in section 24-07-22 must be taken by the service and filing of a notice of appeal and an undertaking for costs. The notice of appeal must specify:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 24-07-23

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • 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.

1.    The court to which the appeal is taken.

2.    Whether the appeal is taken in relation to damages assessed or in relation to the laying out, altering, or discontinuing, or to the refusal to lay out, alter, or discontinue any highway.

3.    Whether the appeal is taken from the whole of the order of the board or only from a part thereof, and if from a part only, then what part.

4.    The grounds upon which the appeal is taken.

The undertaking must be made in favor of the county or township, as the case may be, and must be conditioned for the payment of all costs that may arise upon such appeal if the determination appealed from is affirmed.