Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare v. Federated Security, Inc.

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

The Department of Public Welfare (DPW) brings this appeal from an order of the Board of Claims (Board)1 entering judgment in favor of Federated Security, Inc. (Federated) and against DPW in the amount of $47,493 with interest. DPW raises two *413issues for our consideration: whether the Board lacked jurisdiction over these proceedings because Federated failed to file its claim within six months from the date when the claim accrued as mandated by Section 6 of the Act of May 20, 1937 (Act), P.L. 728, as amended, 72 P.S. §4651-6, and whether, if the Board did have…