Loockwood v. Unemployment Compensation Commission

This appeal was docketed on May 2, 1949 and was not brought on for hearing until September 13, 1950. The long delay deserves some explanation. After the adoption on January 1, 1948 of the present Rules of the Superior Court, confusion resulted with respect to the determination of appeals from various quasi-judicial Commissions. The Prothonotary added such appeals to the trial lists which were published periodically but, because the appellants were for the most part the claimants and without counsel, the appeals, from time to time, despite the fact that for lack of prosecution, were continued…