Theil v. Detering

WEBB, Judge.

The question presented by this appeal is whether the trial court erred in holding that plaintiffs complaint was a nullity because it was prepared and filed by an attorney not authorized to practice law in this state, and in dismissing plaintiffs action on that basis. If the complaint was, in fact, a nullity, then the court did not err in dismissing the action, and plaintiff has lost his claim for relief because the statute of limitations expired a few days after the complaint was filed. If the complaint was not a nullity, then plaintiffs action was instituted within the…