Layton v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

This appeal brings before us only a question of procedure, namely, whether the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, in the circumstances of the case, committed error in vacating the decision of the referee and dismissing the claimant’s appeal therefrom, on the ground that the claimant’s original appeal from the decision of the Department of Labor and Industry was not filed within ten calendar days after notification of such decision was mailed to the claimant? See Unemployment Compensation Law — Act of December 5, 1936, P. L. (1937) p. 2897, sec. 501.

The general…