An appeal from the small claims department may be in the following terms:
In the Magistrate's Division of the District Court for .... County, Idaho, .... Plaintiff, vs. ...., Defendant. Comes now ... ., resident of .... County, Idaho and appeals from the decision of the small claims department of the magistrate's division for ... . County, Idaho, wherein a judgment for .... dollars was awarded against him on the .... day of ...., .....
............................... (Signed)
Such appeal shall be filed with the magistrate's division. Such appeal shall be tried in the magistrate's division without any other pleadings than those required in the small claims department originally trying the cause, all papers in the case shall be certified to said lawyer magistrate as is now provided by law in other cases of appeals in civil actions in the magistrate's division, provided, however, that said lawyer magistrate may require such other or further statements and information as he may deem necessary for the proper consideration of said controversy.
Idaho Code § 1-2312