Johnson v. Lake City Borough

Opinion by

Flood, J.,

From a finding for the defendant by three lawyer-arbitrators the plaintiffs appealed to the court of common pleas pursuant to §27 of the Arbitration Act of June 16, 1836, P. L. 715, as amended by the Act of March 15, 1956, P. L. 1279, §1, 5 PS §71. The appeal was quashed because of the appellants’ failure to pay the defendant’s bill of costs. Later the court reinstated the appeal as to the claim of the minor because the appeal of a minor may not be conditioned upon payment of costs. Arbitration Act of June 16, 1836, P. L. 715, §31, 5 PS §76. The parents, in their appeal to…