McNeilis v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

In these five Vehicle Code appeals, which have been submitted on briefs and consolidated for consideration because they turn upon a common procedural issue, the key question is:

In perfecting an appeal from a motor vehicle operators license suspension or revocation imposed by the Department of Transportation, what is the proper mode of service of the appeal upon the department in order to give prompt notice of the proceeding and to avoid undue delay which might result in abuse of the automatic supersedeas afforded by the statute?

In all five of these cases, the procedural…