Boulevard Associates v. Seltzer Partnership

BECK, Judge:

In this appeal from a declaratory judgment we address inter alia the scope of the trial court’s review of an appraisal conducted pursuant to a lease agreement. More specifically we examine whether judicial review may include an examination of the appraiser’s scope of authority. We find that it may. We affirm the trial court.

The lease agreement was executed in March of 1965. Under its terms, the predecessor of appellant Boulevard leased a parcel of land located at 10 Presidential Boulevard in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania from appellee The Seltzer Partnership (Seltzer). 1 As defined in…