Di Francis v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

President Judge Bowman,

In this unemployment compensation case, the Bureau of Employment Security and the referee disallowed benefits to claimant-appellant. The referee’s decision was mailed to claimant on November 9, 1973. On Tuesday, November 20, 1973, claimant filed a petition for appeal to the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review. The Board remanded the case for further testimony limited solely to the issue of timeliness of the appeal to the Board since it appeared that the appeal was filed one day beyond the statutory 10-day appeal period as set forth in Section 502 of the…