§ 27-12. Service of summons and trial.  


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  • It shall be the duty of the officer to whom a citation shall be delivered to forthwith serve a copy thereof upon the local agent or representative, and to make his written return thereon, showing how he has executed the same, and thereupon to cause the same to be filed with the papers in the case. When service has been effected, the prosecution shall stand for trial, and be tried before the judge of the municipal court in like manner as other prosecutions.

(Code 1950, § 46-28; Code 1959, § 33-14)