Smock v. COMMONWEALTH

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

Philip Smock has filed in this Court an action at law directed to our original jurisdiction under Section 761(a)(1) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa. C. S. §761(a) (1). Plaintiff Smock has named as defendants the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Department of Public Welfare (DPW), and claims for restitution and money damages. The defendants have filed preliminary objections which, inter alia, raise a question of this Court’s subject-matter jurisdiction over the action asserted against them. We sustain their jurisdictional objection.

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