When a guardian, trustee, or other person holding an estate or interest determinable upon the life of another person, shows by affidavit or otherwise to the satisfaction of the court, that:

1. (1) he has used his utmost efforts to procure the tenant for life to appear in the court or elsewhere, according to the order of the court;
2. (2) he can not procure or compel him so to appear; and
3. (3) the tenant for life is or was living at the time of the return made and filed, as prescribed by this subchapter —

History

Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 570, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1

Prior Codifications

1973 Ed., § 16-1157.

1981 Ed., § 16-1157.