29-16-118 - Appeal. - Tennessee Statutes

29-16-118. Appeal.

(a)  Either party may also appeal from the finding of the jury, and, on giving security for the costs, have a trial anew, before a jury in the usual way.

(b)  In all cases where the right to condemn is not contested and the sole question before the jury is that of damages the property owner shall be entitled to open and close the argument before the court and jury.

(c)  The time within which either party may appeal from the finding of the jury of view shall be forty-five (45) days from the date of the entry of the court's order confirming the report of the jury of view.

[Code 1858, § 1342; Shan., § 1861; Code 1932, § 3126; Acts 1953, ch. 71, § 1; 1968, ch. 615, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1418.]