54-12-145 - Appeal heard de novo by circuit court that enters no judgment but enters amount fixed Clerk certifies to monthly county court.

54-12-145. Appeal heard de novo by circuit court that enters no judgment but enters amount fixed Clerk certifies to monthly county court.

The circuit court shall hear the appeal de novo; and if the appeal is from the amount of damages allowed by the monthly county court, the amount ascertained and fixed by the circuit court shall be entered of record, but no judgment shall be entered. The amount thus ascertained shall be certified by the clerk of the circuit court to the monthly county court, which shall thereafter proceed as if the monthly county court had allowed the claimant that amount as damages.

[Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 35; Shan. Supp., § 1682a46; Code 1932, § 2860; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1345.]