Section 47-8-44 - Absence from court of defendant

If the defendant shall not appear in response to the summons, and it shall have been properly served, the court shall try the cause as though he were present. History: 1953 Comp., § 70-7-44, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 38, § 44. ANNOTATIONSLaw reviews. — For survey, 'The Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act,' see 6 N.M.L. Rev. 293 (1976).