Terms Used In Michigan Laws 247.177

  • 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.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
   Either party may appeal to the circuit court of the proper county in the same manner that appeals are taken from justices’ courts in other cases, but in case of an appeal taken by the commissioner or commissioners, he or they shall not be required to pay the costs or furnish an appeal bond. In case of such appeal, trial shall be had on the issue joined in the justice court, and in case of a judgment in any court against the commissioner or commissioners no execution shall issue, but the judgment shall be certified to the proper supervisor and the amount thereof assessed and collected as in case of judgments against townships and counties.
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