Right to appeal.

(a) A party against whom a judgment is given by a justice of the peace may appeal to the Court of Common Pleas if the judgment is given without a referee trial, and the amount exceeds $5.00, exclusive of costs. (b) A plaintiff or defendant, as the case may be, may appeal to the Court of Common Pleas on a judgment given by a justice of the peace if the judgment is given without a referee trial, and any part of the plaintiff’s demand, or the defendant’s counterclaim or setoff, exceeding $5.00 is disallowed or defalked.