Fred S. James & Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge DiSalle,

This petition for review raises the question of the jurisdiction of the Board of Arbitration of Claims (Board) over Fred S. James & Company, Inc. (Appellant), an “additional defendant” in a suit brought by Miller’s Mutual Insurance Company (Miller) against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of General Services (Commonwealth).

Miller’s suit was instituted on November 30, 1976, to recover an amount allegedly owing to it for the earned but unpaid premium on a thirty-day fire insurance binder covering certain Commonwealth-owned *291properties from October 1,1976, to…