12.1-39 - Appeals generally.
§ 12.1-39. Appeals generally.
The Commonwealth, any party in interest, or any party aggrieved by any finalfinding, decision settling the substantive law, order, or judgment of theCommission shall have, of right, an appeal to the Supreme Court irrespectiveof the amount involved; provided, however, that the petition for such appealshall be filed with the Clerk of the Supreme Court within four months fromthe final judgment or finding of the State Corporation Commission; andprovided further that an appeal bond is filed pursuant to § 8.01-676.1.
No other court of the Commonwealth shall have jurisdiction to review,reverse, correct, or annul any action of the Commission or to enjoin orrestrain it in the performance of its official duties; provided, however,that the writs of mandamus and prohibition shall lie from the Supreme Courtto the Commission.
The Commission shall, whenever an appeal is taken therefrom, file in therecord of the case a statement of the reasons upon which the action appealedfrom was based.
(Code 1950, § 12-63; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 157; 1977, c. 624.)