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.
ANNOTATIONS
Law reviews. — For survey, “The Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act,” see 6 N.M.L. Rev. 293 (1976).