What is the test for a claim against the personal representative of a deceased person for equitable indemnity?

12.Section 9253 ["A claim barred by the statute of limitations may not be allowed by the personal representative or approved by the court or judge."]; see also, Bradley v. Breen (1999) 73 Cal.App.4th 798, 804 [Code of Civil Procedure section 366.2 barred the appellants' action for equitable indemnity although their cause of action had not even accrued until long after the one-year statute of limitations had run].

12.Section 9253 ["A claim barred by the statute of limitations may not be allowed by the personal representative or approved by the court or judge."]; see also, Bradley v. Breen (1999) 73 Cal.App.4th 798, 804 [Code of Civil Procedure section 366.2 barred the appellants' action for equitable indemnity although their cause of action had not even accrued until long after the one-year statute of limitations had run].

13.Section 9351 ["An action may not be commenced against a decedent's personal representative on a cause of action against the decedent unless a claim is first filed as provided in this part and the claim is rejected in whole or in part."]; Heywood v. Municipal Court (1988) 198 Cal.App.3d 1438, 1444, fn. 2 [filing a lawsuit does not satisfy the statutory requirement of filing a timely claim against the decedent's estate even though filing suit may give notice of the amount and nature of the claim].

13.Section 9351 ["An action may not be commenced against a decedent's personal representative on a cause of action against the decedent unless a claim is first filed as provided in this part and the claim is rejected in whole or in part."]; Heywood v. Municipal Court (1988) 198 Cal.App.3d 1438, 1444, fn. 2 [filing a lawsuit does not satisfy the statutory requirement of filing a timely claim against the decedent's estate even though filing suit may give notice of the amount and nature of the claim].