1. A claim filed by a third person to funds impounded by process of garnishment is invalid in the absence either of an affidavit in forma pauperis filed by him or a bond indemnifying the plaintiff, whether such bond is one given upon a dissolution of the garnishment, as provided in section 5282 of the Civil Code (1910), or is the ordinary bond[*242] required, in claim cases, as provided in section 5158. Hand v. Hall Merchandise Co., 91 Ga. 130 (16 S. E. 644) ; Bullock v. Butts, 33 Ga. App. 7 (124 S. E. 905).

2. The giving of the required bond or, in lieu thereof, the affidavit in forma pauperis is a condition precedent to the validity of the claim and the jurisdiction of the court to entertain it. Where a claim without the required bond or the affidavit in forma pauperis has been re- ' turned into court, there is nothing to amend by, and it is not error to reject a proffered amendment to give the required bond, and to dismiss the claim. Hand v. Hall Merchandise Co., supra.

3. The court did not err in dismissing the claim.

Judgment affirmed.