25-21,224 Forcible entry and detainer; failure of defendant to appear; effect.
25-21,224. Forcible entry and detainer; failure of defendant to appear; effect.If the defendant does 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. SourceLaws 1929, c. 82, § 123, p. 310; C.S.1929, § 22-1207; R.S.1943, § 26-1,124; Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 74; R.S.1943, (1985), § 24-574.