Board Has Jurisdiction to Hear Claim Filed by Executrix of Deceased Company Owner’s Estate; ASBCA No. 61085, Appeal of Horton Construction Co. Inc.

Motion to dismiss an appeal of the contracting officer’s denial of a certified claim is denied, where the executrix of the estate of the deceased president of the company was acting within her fiduciary duties when she certified the claim and continued with the litigation, and therefore the certification was not defective.