146 Ga. 696 | Ga. | 1917
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. The attachment process, being unknown to the common law, should be strictly construed and pursued; especially as against non-resident debtors. Mills v. Findlay, 14 Ga. 230. Attachment lies only for money demands, though such may spring either from contract or tort. Civil Code (1910), § 5069; Monroe v. Bishop, 29 Ga. 159. The process of attachment against non-resident debtors and the attachment against fraudulent debtors are very dif
2. The verdict was returned against all of the defendants. The attachment ran against all these defendants as being indebted to the plaintiff, and in his petition he prayed for a judgment against all three defendants, and the verdict was “for the plaintiff in the sum of $4000 principal, and $205.31 interest.” There was not a word of evidence tending to show that Mrs. McBeynolds was connected with the transactions between the plaintiff and her co-defendants. The verdict as to her is without evidence to support it. The sufficiency of the declaration in attachment was not challenged, nor was there any objection to the evidence, and neither of the defendants participated in the trial. For that reason we pretermit a discussion of the evidence as being sufficient to support the verdict as to McBeynolds and Cook.
3. The verdict is void for the reason that the levy was invalid. The officer’s return of the attachment writ is the foundation of the court’s jurisdiction in all subsequent proceedings against the property attached, and he must return the writ as having been levied on the property of one or more of the'defendants named in
Judgment reversed.