§ 33.1-239. Appeal to circuit court
If such applicant, proprietor or tenant is dissatisfied with the decision of the board of supervisors or other governing body in respect to the amount of compensation or damages allowed, he may of right appeal, but only on the question of compensation and damages, to the circuit court of the county, provided such appeal is filed within sixty days. The court shall hear the matter de novo as to the amount of compensation and damages with the further right of appeal as provided by general law. Upon the hearing of the appeal, the court shall ascertain the amount of compensation and damages, if any, to which such proprietor is entitled, and shall certify the same to the board of supervisors or other governing body, who shall proceed to carry out the judgment of the court; provided, however that the board of supervisors or other governing body shall be summoned to appear at the hearing of the appeal.
(Code 1950, § 33-152; 1970, c. 322.)
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