{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.7701","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.7701","heading":"Appeal to circuit court.","body":"Sec. 7701.\n\nAny 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:\n\nWhere final judgment was rendered on an issue of law joined between the parties;\n\nWhere final judgment was rendered on an issue of fact joined between the parties;\n\nWhere the defendant did not appear and plead, and final judgment was rendered for the plaintiff on the merits of his claim;\n\nWhere a judgment of nonsuit has been rendered.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 600","Act Act-236-of-1961"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-7701","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"1f92431c44ba8e227769e4a1b3b54793f4946fe4ed43375ab686c7a0d117cb4f","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.765","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.771"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}