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UNION ELEC. CORP. v. BD. OF PROPERTY ASSESS.

746 A.2d 581 (2000)

UNION ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Appellant, v. BOARD OF PROPERTY ASSESSMENT, APPEALS & REVIEW OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pennsylvania; Allegheny County; City of Pittsburgh and City of Pittsburgh School District, Appellees. Kohn, Inc., Appellant, v. Board of Property Assessment, Appeals & Review of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; Allegheny County; City of Pittsburgh and City of Pittsburgh School District, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 23, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Leight, Pittsburgh, for Union Elec. Corp. and Kohn, Inc.

Craig C. Stephens, Pittsburgh, for Property Assessments.

Kerry A. Fraas, Pittsburgh, for Allegheny County.

Ronald H. Pferdehirt, Pittsburgh, for City of Pittsburgh.

Ira Weiss, Claude C. Council, Jr., Isobel Storch, Pittsburgh, for Pittsburgh School Dist.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

NIGRO, Justice.

Appellants Union Electric Corporation and Kohn, Inc. appeal from the order of the Commonwealth Court affirming the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County ("trial court") quashing their tax assessment appeals as untimely and refusing to accept their appeals nunc pro tunc. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse.

The relevant facts are undisputed. Appellants are owners, in fee, of property located...

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