Hendricks v. Georgia Fertilizer Co.

In attachment cases, where no personal judgment is sought, the levy takes the place of service. Still, under the ruling in Albright-Pryor Co. v. Pacific Selling Co., 126 Ga. 498, 502 (55 S. E. 251, 15 Am. St. R. 108), the jurisdiction of the court depends upon the proceedings prior to the return term, and if there has been no seizure of the property of the defendant before the return term, the court is without jurisdiction in the matter, and all subsequent proceedings are invalid. Consequently, it is well settled that if the court had failed to acquire jurisdiction at the return term by a…