All cases which are at issue where the amount in controversy is Fifty Thousand and 00/100 ($50,000.00) Dollars or less, except those involving title to real estate, shall first be submitted to and heard by a Board of three (3) members of the Bar of this Court, as provided by 42 Pa.C.S.A. 7361. Unless a party has demanded a jury trial, the President Judge may dispense with compulsory arbitration and order the matter tried as a non-jury trial. At such non-jury trial, the parties may proceed pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1305 with respect to evidentiary matters.
Clin. Cnty. Pa. 1301.1