The writ of scire facias is served by reading, or offering to read, the contents of such writ to the person on whom it is to be executed.
Code 1858, § 3582 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 12, § 2); Shan., § 5346; Code 1932, § 9506; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2506.