Mitek v. Ste-Mel Signs, Inc.

Opinion by

Cercone, J.,

Stanley Mitek, appellant, filed a complaint in equity seeking an accounting of commissions due him by the defendant Ste-Mel Signs, Inc. The court transferred the action to the law side, and the amount in controversy being less than $10,000, the case was heard by an Arbitration Panel. On August 18, 1971, the arbitrators entered an award in the amount of $1,000 in favor of Stanley Mitek, which award he believed inadequate and from which he sought to appeal to the Common Pleas Court. Mitek had petitioned the court below for leave to appeal in forma pauperis without…