Section 19. An appeal may be taken to the county commissioners from any action under the two preceding sections, and they shall thereupon give a public hearing, with not less than fourteen days’ notice thereof, in the manner required in the laying out of highways or town ways and also by publishing in a newspaper a copy of the notice not less than seven days before the hearing. At such hearing the county commissioners may finally decide such appeal.

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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 82 sec. 19

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.