If the owner does not appear and accept the amount deposited by the condemner as provided in § 29-17-904 or does not appear and ask for a trial as provided by § 29-17-905, then the petition shall be taken as confessed and the case set for hearing upon the record and in the absence of the owner.Acts 1959, ch. 216, § 7; T.C.A., § 23-1534; T.C.A. § 29-17-807; Acts 2006, ch. 863, § 1.
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