Murray v. Abcon, Inc.

In this equity action seeking specific performance of a contract to sell real estate, appellants appealed from the en banc order of the lower court dismissing exceptions to the decree nisi. Because no final decree has been entered on the docket, we cannot reach the merits and thus quash the appeal.

Orders dismissing exceptions following nonjury trials are interlocutory and nonappealable until judgment has been entered on the docket. See, e.g., Heffner v. Bock, 287 Pa.Super. 347, 430 A.2d 319 (1981); Lashner v. Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, 286 Pa.Super. 549, 429 A.2d 659…