If any of the heirs or devisees reside out of this state, such heirs or devisees may be brought into court by publication, once a week for three successive weeks, in a newspaper published in the county in which the application is made, or if none is
published therein, then in the newspaper published nearest to the courthouse of such county.
History: (Code 1852, §1871; Code 1867, §2227; Code 1876, §2452; Code 1886, §2109; Code 1896, §161; Code 1907, §2625; Code 1923, §5854; Code 1940, T. 61, §249.)