Supreme Court of Minnesota June 12, 1888 (Brown v. St. Paul & Northern Pacific Railway Co.)

Vanderburgh, J.

Under Gen. St. 1878, c. 34, § 15, service of notice of the presentation of the petition in the condemnation proceedings therein provided for can only be made by publication upon nonresident owners or incumbrancers, or those whose residence is unknown; and as we interpret that section, before such constructive-service can be resorted to, the fact of non-residence, etc.