McKean County Animal Hospital v. Burdick

DEL SOLE, Judge.

Appellant seeks review of an order granting a motion to quash an appeal from a district justice. A district justice’s default judgment was entered against Appellant on January 29, 1996. Appellant claims he intended to appeal to the Court of Common Pleas and mailed his notice of appeal to the Prothonotary ten days before the thirty-day appeal period expired. However, the U.S. Postal Service failed to deliver the notice until fourteen days after it was mailed, thus exceeding the appeal period by four days. Despite the tardiness of the notice of appeal, the Prothonotary of the…