If an administrator, having been duly served with a scire facias, shall not become party to a suit, judgment may be rendered against the estate of the deceased in the same manner as if he had become a party.
RSA 556:23
RS 161:17. CS 170:17. GS 179:17. GL 198:17. PS 191:22. PL 302 :23. RL 355:23.