Levin v. Desert Palace, Inc.

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Following the lower court’s granting appellee’s motion for compulsory nonsuit in this trespass action, appellant moved to have the nonsuit removed. The lower court denied appellant’s motion, prompting this appeal. We are unable to reach the merits of the appeal, however, because the order denying appellant’s motion has not been reduced to judgment and docketed.

It is clear that an order refusing a new trial or judgment n. o. v. is interlocutory and nonappealable, see, e. g., Slagter v. Thrifty Clean, Inc. (Slagter v. Mix), 441 Pa. 272, 272 A.2d 885 (1971); Thomas M. Durkin &…