Warren v. Feeser

MacPHAIL, P. J.,

This case brings before this court for the first time the question of whether the court may permit an alleged indigent tenant to proceed with an appeal from a judgment entered against him by a district justice of the peace in a landlord-tenant proceeding without the payment of costs or the posting of the bond required by Rule 1008(b) of the Supreme Court Rules for Justices of the Peace in order that the appeal will operate as a supersedeas and stay all proceedings.

Procedurally, the case is in this posture: a judgment was taken against defendant, Feeser, after a hearing in a…