Stein Enterprises, Inc. v. Golla

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a per curiam order of the Superior Court (Hoffman, Van der Voort and Spaeth, JJ., dissenting) affirming an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County. We granted the petition for allowance of appeal in order to define the standards for the waiver of costs in appeals from adverse arbitration awards under the Act of June 16, 1836, P.L. 715, §§ 27, 28, as amended, 5 P.S. §§ 71, 72.

In 1976, an arbitration award in the amount of $587.02 was entered against appellant, Stephen D. Golla. Appellant, desiring to appeal this award to the court of…