Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Pennsylvania

Statue of limitations on uncashed check

Five years ago I had a small business operation, which since then, I have

closed. At that time, I hired a contractor to do a job for me, which he did. He

issued an invoice and I promptly paid the due amount ($445.00). Now, five

years later, I have received a letter from this contractor informing me that the

address he gave me to send the check to is his accountant�s address, who is

responsible for collecting his payments. He stated in this letter that his

accountant never opened the envelope (?) and only just recently, discovered it

(and my enclosed payments) on his desk. He has now sent me two letters,

demanding that I issue a new check to cover the amount owed to him. (I

didn�t respond to the first letter because he has been sending these letters to

an old address and I only received the forwarded letters recently!) The second

letter was quite angry and in it, he is threatening to take legal action against

me. It seems to me that his issue is with his accountant, not me. What am I

liable for in this instance? What is the statuette of limitations on an un-

cashed check like this?

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