Court Opinion

ID: 9736441
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 18:56:50.826756+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:27:06.679099
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O’Sullivan, J.
(concurring). Although I concur in the result, I cannot give approval to the rule that the test for determining whether a claim must be presented to the administrator depends on whether it is one in rem or in personam. This appears to be contrary to the law and our practice. I take the position that the distinction is this: claims calling for equitable relief, such as the turning over of specific property forming part of a trust estate, or for specific performance, need not be presented. Cleaveland, Hewitt & Clark, Probate Law, p. 267; McDonald v. Hartford Trust Co., 104 Conn. 169, 189, 132 A. 902; Connecticut Trust & Safe Deposit Co. v. Security Co., 67 Conn. 438, 443, 35 A. 342; Beard's Appeal, 78 Conn. 481, 483, 62 A. 704. All other claims, whether in rem or in personam, must be presented. Since the relief sought in the case at bar was-equitable, the presentation of a claim to the administratrix was unnecessary.