The Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied a Lackawanna County couple’s appeal of lower court rulings that determined a 232-year-old Pennsylvania law does not allow them to recover $700,000 loaned to a friend to cover his gambling losses.
In a one-sentence order issued Tuesday, the state’s top court denied a petition from the couple asking the court to hear an appeal of a state Superior Court ruling in March that went against them.
Appeals to the state Supreme Court are not automatic and must be requested by an aggrieved party, and the top court then decides whether to take up the case. In this case, the Supreme Court declined to do so. That amounts to an upholding of the Superior Court ruling that upheld a Lackawanna County Court…