Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.7701: Appeal to circuit court.

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:

Where final judgment was rendered on an issue of law joined between the parties;

Where final judgment was rendered on an issue of fact joined between the parties;

Where the defendant did not appear and plead, and final judgment was rendered for the plaintiff on the merits of his claim;

Where a judgment of nonsuit has been rendered.