Section 31-19-53 - Appeal of award to circuit court--Procedure for appeal--Docketing--Trial denovo. - South Dakota Statutes

31-19-53. Appeal of award to circuit court--Procedure for appeal--Docketing--Trial de novo. The award of damages pursuant to § 31-19-51 with settlement for any such land or lands shall be subject to appeal therefrom to the circuit court, and any person aggrieved by any award of damages made under the provisions of §§ 31-19-50 to 31-19-55, inclusive, for land taken for highway construction, change, or relocation purposes may appeal from such decision to the circuit court in the manner prescribed for appeal from other decisions of the board of county commissioners. An appeal so taken shall be docketed as in other cases pending in circuit courts and the case shall be heard and determined de novo.

Source: SL 1923, ch 286; SL 1927, ch 139; SDC 1939, § 28.1301.