Case Name: S. E. CHIAPELLA, Appellant, v. COUNTY NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF SANTA BARBARA, Administrator, etc., Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1933-03-07
Citations: 217 Cal. 503
Docket Number: L. A. No. 13891
Parties: S. E. CHIAPELLA, Appellant, v. COUNTY NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF SANTA BARBARA, Administrator, etc., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 217
Pages: 503–503

Head Matter:
[L. A. No. 13891.
In Bank.
March 7, 1933.]
S. E. CHIAPELLA, Appellant, v. COUNTY NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF SANTA BARBARA, Administrator, etc., Respondent.
James Donovan for Appellant.
Griffith & Thornburgh for Respondent.

Opinion:
THE COURT.
The lower court dismissed this cause for want of jurisdiction.
A suit upon a rejected claim is not an exercise of probate jurisdiction. The action is. upon the contract and venue is determined as in other civil eases. (McLean v. Crow, 88 Cal. 644, 647 [26 Pac. 596] ; Gallagher v. McGraw, 132 Cal. 601 [26 Pac. 596].) Such a suit is also recognized as a transitory action. It follows the person of the defendant and may be tried in a county other than that wherein the estate is being probated. (Thompson v. Wood, ll5 Cal. 301 [64 Pac. 1080].)
The order is affirmed.