Bechard v. Reichart

MILLER, J.,

Must defendants who file a cross-claim in an action originally brought by plaintiffs before a district justice indicate thát they are appealing both cases in order to preserve the right to raise the counterclaim in common pleas court?

DISCUSSION

Plaintiffs were the tenants of defendants under a written lease for residential property. Plaintiffs moved out, and asked for, but never received back, their security deposit. They filed suit before a district justice asking for judgment against defendants, the landlords, in the amount of the security deposit. We assume the theory was a…