Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. v. Decker

KOCH, P. J.,

This is an action in trespass commenced by Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, a public utility, against Frank Decker, Jr., the owner and operator of a 1961 Chevrolet which struck a utility pole owned and maintained by plaintiff in the Township of Whitehall, Lehigh County, on December 15, 1962, at 4:20 a.m.

In light of the fact that the complaint seeks the recovery of $228.43, this controversy would ordinarily be submitted to a board of arbitrators pursuant to Lehigh County Rule 540. However, upon petition of both parties which averred that the only matter in dispute concerned the…