only one hit, i'm afraid. however:
"In this connection, however, it must be clarified that common sense and fairness demand a notice of pre-trial or trial or for that matter, of any proceeding in which notice to the parties is mandatory, must be such as to give them and their counsel ample opportunity to appear, having in view not only the distance of the place of hearing but also the time that would be needed to reach the same from where the party notified may be at the time of notice and the circumstance, in which they are at the time of such service that is, whether or not said circumstance would reasonably enable them to comply with the notice. It is certainly inconsistent with simple justice for Us to hold that it is the inescapable duty of a party to appear before any court pursuant to a notice regardless of circumstances not of his own making and fault which render it physically impossible to do so, just because he has actually received the notice".

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