One cannot trust a private meter postmark, the Pa. Supreme Court has said in a decision holding that only a United States postmark is reliable enough to prove that a document has been mailed on time. A dissenting justice accused the majority of being overly technical and wasting judicial time and resources by forcing courts to hold evidentiary hearings on timeliness rather than trusting the face of a document. But the majority said the court had to be strict in enforcing requirements.
September 07, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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One cannot trust a private meter postmark, the state Supreme Court has said in a decision holding that only a United States postmark is reliable enough to prove that a document has been mailed on time.
A dissenting justice accused the majority of being overly technical and wasting judicial time and resources by forcing courts to hold evidentiary hearings on timeliness rather than trusting the face of a document.
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