Clark Milling Co. v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

The court can acquire no jurisdiction over a defendant’s property by attachment without a valid levy or a seizure, of his property by garnishment. Associated Press v. United Press, 104 Ga. 51 (2); Baker v. Aultman, 107 Ga. 339 (1) (29 S. E. 869); Massachusetts Bonding Co. v. U. S. Conservation Co., 31 Ga. App. 716 (122 S. E. 728); United Provisions Corp. v. Board of Missions, 33 Ga. App. 9 (1) (124 S. E. 820).

The defendant was not to be held as having appeared and pleaded to the merits merely because the pleading first filed was marked “answer,” since it…