Ostot v. Shoff

Jacobs, J.,

On February 9, 1960, this court granted defendants a period of 20 days from that date within which to perfect an appeal from an adverse award of arbitrators. Within the 20 days, to wit, on February 19, 1960, defendants filed their appeal. A copy of the appeal was immediately mailed by the attorney for defendants to plaintiff and his counsel. On April 5, 1960, plaintiff filed a motion to quash the appeal on the ground that appellants had not paid all the costs that had accrued in the case, as they were required to do by the Act of June 16, 1836, P. L. 715, sec. 27,5 PS §71.

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