Case v. Commonwealth

PALLADINO, Judge.

Allan R. Case and Emma Case t/d/b/a Case Farm Hatchery (Appellants) appeal from an order of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary), which denied Appellants’ claim for compensation for a poultry flock, which was destroyed because it was infected with pullorum disease (pullorum). We affirm.

Appellants were notified by the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department (Bureau) of its suspicion that Appellants’ flock was infected with pullorum. On May 1, 1986, Bureau issued an order of special quarantine1 to contain the flock pending the outcome of tests for pullorum. On May 6,…