Cossell v. Connellsville Township Board of Supervisors

NARICK, Senior Judge.

The issue presented is whether the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County (trial court) erred in granting the motion of the Connellsville Township Board of Supervisors (Board) to quash the appeal of Raymond E. Cossell (Cossell). We hold that Cossell’s appeal of the Board’s decision of September 10, 1999 was timely even though initially the Board was not named in the caption. Thus, we reverse the decision of the trial court.

The relevant facts of this case are as follows. On January 25,1998, Cossell filed a petition for a change in zoning with the Board. On February 18,…