Guth v. South Whitehall Township Civil Service Commission

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Dennis Guth, a township police officer, has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County granting a motion to quash as untimely filed his appeal from an order of the township Civil Service Commission (commission).

The township chief of police suspended the appellant for three days without pay for conduct unbecoming a police officer, and the commission after hearing upheld the police chief’s action. The commission’s order was entered on August 17, 1983. The appellant filed his appeal to the court of common pleas on October 14, 1983, the…