Mead v. Holter

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

This is an appeal by plaintiff Sharon Mead from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County, dismissing her action in mandamus, by which she sought to compel defendant R. Donald Holter, a district magistrate, to reinstate a civil judgment which he had rendered in her favor.

Defendant had held a hearing on plaintiff’s original cause of action in assumpsit and had entered judgment for her in the amount of $257.00 on April 8, 1976, pursuant to Pa. R.C.P.J.P. No. 322. On April 14, 1976, defendant issued a new decision dismissing plaintiff’s action without…