Elliott v. Porch

While in a case where there has been no return of service whatever, but it is made to appear that the defendant had in fact been served, the return of service may be made, on motion, by an entry nunc pro tunc so as to authorize the court to proceed with the case (Jones v. Bibb Brick Co., 120 Ga. 321, 325, 48 S. E. 25), still, in the absence of any return of service and of a proceeding of the nature above mentioned to supply the deficiency, the court has no jurisdiction to render a valid judgment (Callaway v. Douglasville College, 99 Ga. 623, 25 S. E. 850; News Printing Co. v. Brunswick Pub.…