Homme v. Varing

OPINION

BROOKSHIRE, Justice.

Appellant, Homme, initiated a legal proceeding for property damage to a vehicle arising out of an automobile collision. The date of the vehicular collision was on or about July 7, 1991. The defendant below was Troy Wayne Varing.

The original suit was filed in the Small Claims Court of Jefferson County on September 4, 1991. The transcript before us makes it clear that the litigation was not filed in the Justice of the Peace Court. The written instrument, that was filed in the Small Claims Court, set out in writing and in printing the name of the plaintiff and the…