American Photocopy Equipment Co. v. Lew Deadmore & Associates, Inc.

Clark, Judge.

“Service consists in the execution of process in manner provided by law. It is the notice by which a defendant is made subject to the court, and as such, service is essential to jurisdiction.” Process and Service, Weltner (1961). "The courts of this state have no extra-territorial jurisdiction, and cannot make the citizens of foreign states amenable to their process, or conclude them by a judgment in personam, without their consent. [Cits.]” Slowick v. Knorr, 222 Ga. 669, 671 (151 SE2d 726). To enable Georgia courts to obtain jurisdiction over nonresidents, our Long Arm Statute…