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KEYS v. KEYS

34180.

86 Ga. App. 815 (1952)

72 S.E.2d 810

KEYS v. KEYS.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 26, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. H. Dalton, for plaintiff in error.

Henry L. Barnett, contra.

WORRILL, J.

"To authorize a judgment against a person who has not appeared and answered or otherwise submitted himself to the jurisdiction of the court, there must be not only service upon such person but also a legal return of such service. Until service has been made and a legal return entered, the court is without jurisdiction to enter judgment against a defendant who has not appeared. Wood v. Callaway,

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