Such publication of notice shall not be necessary if it shall be served on the nonresident defendant, and proof of such service be made as provided for in case of nonresident defendants in chancery; but such proof of service of notice shall be as effectual as if such defendant had been served with a summons.Codes, 1880, § 2438; 1892, § 144; 1906, § 148; Hemingway's 1917, § 140; 1930, § 138; 1942, § 2694.
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