Terms Used In Tennessee Code 69-5-807

  • 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.
  • Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.

An appeal may be taken to the circuit court of the county from the order of the county court fixing the assessment of benefits upon the lands in the same manner and time as provided in part 5 of this chapter for appeals from the assessment of damages, including the provisions as to consolidating cases, making transcript, and certifying to the county court the action and doings of the circuit court; provided, that only five (5) days shall be allowed for such appeal.