Vermont Statutes Title 30 Sec. 2512
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 30 Sec. 2512
- 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.
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
§ 2512. Appeal; proceedings
When either party is dissatisfied with such appraisal of damages, he or she may apply to the Superior Court by petition in the same manner as is provided for a person dissatisfied with the compensation for damages for the laying out or altering of highway, and thereupon similar proceedings shall be had. The line shall not be erected until such cause is finally decided, unless the party erecting the same files with the clerk of the court to which such application is made, before the line is erected, a bond to the other party, with sureties approved by such clerk, conditioned for the payment of such damages and costs as may finally be awarded. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)