All appeals from inferior tribunals to the district courts shall be tried anew in said courts on their merits, as if no trial had been had below, except as otherwise provided by law. History: Laws 1917, ch. 43, § 59; C.S. 1929, § 105-2533; 1941 Comp., § 19-1001; 1953 Comp., § 21-10-1; Laws 1955, ch. 68, § 1.