McKinney Unemployment Compensation Case

Opinion by

Gunther, J.,

The sole question raised in this unemployment case is whether the claimant has shown extenuating circumstances arising to more than a mere hardship could warrant the extension of time to file an appeal from the decision of the referee nunc pro tunc.

Claimant, James McKinney, was last employed by the United Packing Company, Inc., in Philadelphia, Pa., and his last day of work was September 17, 1958. The referee, after hearing testimony on the merits of the case ruled, on October 21, 1958, that the claimant was discharged for willful misconduct connected with his work…