Bank of Ukiah v. Shoemake

The court is of opinion that the rejection referred to in section 1498 of the Code of Civil Procedure, from the date of which the time for bringing an action on a rejected claim begins to run, is an actual rejection of the claim by the personal representative of a deceased person, and that it has no reference to the refusal by or neglect of the personal representative to indorse on the presented claim a refusal or rejection for ten days after the claim has been presented to him. 0 Such refusal or neglect to indorse may, at the option of the claimant, be deemed equivalent to a rejection on the…