Ellis v. McCrary

1. Where there has been a failure to perfect service upon a defendant in a proceeding by scire facias to revive a dormant judgment, the court may at a subsequent term, by appropriate order, continue the case to the next term, cause a new process to issue, make the case returnable to that term, order the clerk to issue process accordingly, and order that copy of the original scire facias and process and order be served personally upon the defendant. Donaldson v. Dodd, 79 Ga. 763 (4 S. E. 157); Cox v. Strickland, 120 Ga. 104 (9, 10) (47 S. E. 912, 1 Ann. Cas. 870); Sims v. Sims, 135 Ga. 439 (69…