Houseal v. Roberts

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

This appeal presents the simple question of whether the appellants should he excused for failing to initiate their appeal within the time prescribed by statute because they did not anticipate the delay in the delivery of their petition for review through the mail.

On June 4,1981, the Commissioner of the Department of Safety, pursuant to the Tennessee Drug Control Act, ordered the forfeiture of monies seized from the appellants’ residence during a legal search conducted by the Shelby County Sheriff Department in which several pounds of marijuana was also confiscated. The…