The third-party claim shall be tried in the same manner and subject to the same rules and regulations as are prescribed by law for the trial of other claims in the court to which it is returned.
(Ga. L. 1855-56, p. 25, § 35; Code 1863, § 3236; Code 1868, § 3247; Code 1873, § 3323; Code 1882, § 3323; Civil Code 1895, § 4570; Civil Code 1910, § 5116; Code 1933, § 8-802.)