Hoyman v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

Jessie G. Hoyman and Lillian Hoyman (Hoymans) assert their title to sixty acres of land in Donegal Township, Westmoreland Oonnty against the claim of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.1 The Hoymans claim was heard by the Board of Property (Board), a body made np of the Secretary of Community Affairs, the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Attorney General.

By order of July 2,1979 the Board determined that superior title to the disputed tract was in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through the Department of Environmental Resources. The members of the Board were…