Haverford Township v. Delaware County Lodge 27, F.O.P.

LORD, Senior Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County after it .granted a motion to strike Haverford Township’s (township) petition to vacate an arbitrators’ award. The motion to strike was filed by Delaware County Lodge No. 27, Fraternal Order of Police (FOP).

The sole issue raised in this appeal is whether the township’s petition to vacate was timely filed. The parties agree that the petition to vacate was filed April 27, 1993, that under Section 933(b) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 933(b)1, the petition is deemed an appeal from a…