Polascik v. Baldwin

SPAETH, Judge:

This troublesome case is an appeal from an order dismissing appellant’s motion to quash an appeal from an arbitrators’ award.

On November 9, 1973, appellant filed a complaint in trespass against appellees, who are nonresidents, for property damage arising out of an automobile collision. On May 10, 1974, a panel of arbitrators awarded appellant $1,590.00.

The statute governing an appeal from an arbitrators’ award provides, in pertinent part, as follows:

Either party may appeal from an award of arbitrators, to the court in which the cause was pending at the time the rule or agreement…