Unemployment Compensation Board of Review of Commonwealth v. Hart

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

In this appeal, Donald F. Hart, Sr. (claimant) contests an order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) denying, as untimely, his appeal from a referee’s adverse ruling on the merits of his petition for unemployment compensation.

The record reveals that on Friday, June 7, 1974, a referee’s decision, which denied claimant’s petition for benefits, was mailed to claimant at his Philadelphia address. On Wednesday, June 19, 1974, twelve days later, claimant filed an appeal to the Board from that decision. That appeal was therefore filed two days beyond the…