TEW v. DIXIELAND FINANCE, INC.

No. 57069.

527 So.2d 665 (1988)

William Archie TEW v. DIXIELAND FINANCE, INC., a Mississippi Corporation.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan A. McIntosh, III, Collins, for appellant.

Tommy B. Rogers, Keys & Rogers, Collins, for appellee.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Lynn Fitch Mitchell and Paul R. Knighten, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, L.H. Wilson, McKinley W. Deaver, David L. Martin, Neville H. Boschert, Thomas B. Shepherd, III-Watkins, Ludlam & Stennis, J.A. Bethany, III, Jackson, for amicus curiae.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and ANDERSON, JJ.


PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

Among other questions, this appeal addresses whether a small loan company, unlicensed to sell insurance, may receive a commission on the sale of credit life and disability insurance without violation of the Mississippi statutes.

Dixieland Finance, Inc., a small loan company, filed suit against a borrower, William Archie Tew, who had defaulted on a promissory note. The borrower counterclaimed alleging that the loan company had...

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