If there be no personal service, the court shall impanel a jury and try the cause as though the defendant had filed a plea.Code 1858, § 3387 (deriv. Acts 1853-1854, ch. 60, § 2); Shan., § 5141; Code 1932, § 9296; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2316.
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