Payne v. Spragins

Section 1389 of the Code of 1907, in giving the right of appeal to the circuit court or other court of like jurisdiction, requires a bond in “double the amount of the probable cost of the appeal.” The statute, therefore, expressly provides that the bond shall be double the probable cost of appeal, and excludes the idea that it shall cover the amount of the assessment or include any sum or item other than what will be the probable cost of the appeal. Section 1390 in no wise changes this express provision of section 1389 as to what the bond shall cover, but merely authorizes the mayor to fix…