Kerekes v. Bowlds

Plaintiff appeals by leave granted from a Mason Circuit Court order affirming an order of the 79th District Court in Mason County transferring venue of this action to the 16th District Court in Wayne County. Plaintiff originally filed this action in the small claims division of the Mason County district court. There is no dispute that venue was proper there under the small claims statute at the time the action was instituted. Defendants, however, then exercised their statutory right to have the case removed to the general civil division of the district court, MCL 600.8408(4); MSA 27A.8408(4).…