United Provisions Corp. v. Board of Missions

1. Where, in an attachment case, “there has not been actual notice to the defendant, and constructive notice by seizure is relied upon, there must be a legal seizure.” McCrory v. Hall, 104 Ga. 666, 668 (30 S. E. 881). “The seizure must be such as to affect the owner with notice of the levy. Without it the court has no jurisdiction, and can not proceed to judgment against either the defendant or his property” Baker v. Aultman, 107 Ga. 339 (1), 341 (33 S. E. 423, 73 Am. St. Rep. 132). “Some overt act of constructive seizure by the levying officer is essential to the validity of the levy of an…