If any executor, administrator or guardian has absconded or conceals himself or has removed or absented himself from the state, notice may be given him of the pendency of any proceedings in which he is interested in any court, by such publication, or in such other manner as the court may direct, and the court may proceed upon such notice as if the citation had been personally served.
R.L.1910, § 6300; Laws 1969, c. 302, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1970.