Commonwealth, Department of Transportation v. Rockland Construction Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Here, as in Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Dep’t of Transportation v. J. W. Bishop & Co., Inc., and George H. Overmoyer, 497 Pa. 58, 439 A.2d 101 (1981), this Court is presented with a challenge to the common law doctrine of nullum tempus occurrit regí (“time does not run against the king”). As in Bishop and Overmoyer, we reaffirm the well-established rule that statutes of limitations are not applicable to actions brought by the Commonwealth unless the statute expressly so provides. Thus, we vacate the order of the Commonwealth Court and remand for further…