Paul v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing

At the hearing before the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court) on September 20, 1993, the trial court denied DOT’s motion to quash as untimely William Paul’s (Paul) appeal from the one year suspension of his operating privilege. The trial court, after hearing the appeal on the merits, sustained the appeal and ordered DOT to rescind its suspension of Paul’s license.

DOT’s appeal to this Court does not challenge the trial court’s sustaining Paul’s appeal on the merits. The only challenge by DOT is that the trial court erred in denying its oral motion to quash Paul’s appeal,…