Skutt v. Kent Circuit Judge

Relator was defendant in a suit reversed by this court because a settlement made with the plain*478tiff was not admissible under the plea of the general issue. See Sunlin v. Skutt, 133 Mich. 208 (94 N. W. 733). After the remittitur was filed in the circuit court, respondent granted a motion of defendant to amend his plea by adding notice of settlement. Later, respondent set aside the order granting said motion, on the ground that he had exceeded his power in granting it. The position of the respondent was that, the case having been appealed from the justice to the circuit court, the granting of…