Snead v. Megill

Opinion by

Waticins, J.,

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas No. 3 of Philadelphia County dismissing an appeal from the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board in that it was filed more than twenty days after service of notice of the decision in violation of the statutory requirement.

The claimant, Percy Snead, filed an appeal to the Court of Common Pleas from the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board on May 10, 1962. The defendant and his insurance carrier, appellees, moved to dismiss on the ground that the appeal was filed more than twenty days after the…