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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Sec. 7701. Any party to a judgment rendered by a justice of the peace, conceiving himself aggrieved thereby, may appeal therefrom to the circuit court for the county where the same was rendered, in the following cases:
(1) Where final judgment was rendered on an issue of law joined between the parties;
(2) Where final judgment was rendered on an issue of fact joined between the parties;
(3) Where the defendant did not appear and plead, and final judgment was rendered for the plaintiff on the merits of his claim;
(4) Where a judgment of nonsuit has been rendered.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 600. Revised Judicature Act of 1961 § 600.7701 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mi/chapter-600-revised-judicature-act-of-1961/mi-comp-laws-600-7701/
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