Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-01-19


married prior to that date are of a
very different legal status and cannot
maze contracts except under certain
conditions; but the husband and wife
married prior to that date, may, by
contract in writing with each other,
come under the operation of the law
OF 1877.
Delaware: May carry on business
and be liable for it's debts; may make
all kinds of contracts necessary to
be made with respect to her own
property as if she were single.
District of Columbia: May carry |
on business and be liable for it's |
debts; may not become surety or sign |
accommodation paper; may convey
her real or personal property; may
make contracts in matters having re
lation to her separate estate.
Florida: May carry on business
alone II permission be obtained from
the Circuit Court; may bind her own
estate by contract as If sne were sin
gle.
Georgia: May carry on business
alone and be liable for its ueDts
cannot bind herself by contract or
suretyship; may make contracts with
reference to her separate estate.
Idaho: May carry one business in
her own name and be liaDle Tor its
debts; all property acqired by her al
ter marriage, excepting by gilt, be-
quest, uevlse, or descent, she holds in
common with her husDanu; wire must
record inventory OF separate property
Illinois: May go into business and
become liable tor deOts, put cannot
60 into partnership without her nus
Danu's consent; has the same power
over her property as her husband has
, over mis-; may make contracts ana
controI ner own earnings; may hoid
and dispose OF real and personal
property IN the same manner that ner
husband can in the case OF property
belonging to him.
indiana: May become a sole trader
and llaDIe for her business DEBTS, but
cannot become surety Tor any one;
I cannot mortgage nor convey real es-
tate without her husband joining in
!, the conveyance; may deal with her
separate property as If single; may
make any contract with reference to
4 her separate estate.
Indian Territorv: May become a
: trader and liable for business DEBTS;
s. to bind her separate estate the con-
tract must be made with reference to
; making it liable; must schedule her
: separate property.
Iowa: To become sole trader and
be liable for business debts she must
= file married woman's certificate; may
. zeal with her own property in the
same way that a husband may deal
q with his; may make contracts the
q same as if unmarried.
S Kansas: May become a sole trader
: and liable for business debts; all
property acquired by her during the
q marriage, excepting such as she OBJ
q tains by donations or inheritance, be-
q comes joint property of both husband
and wife; property owned by each
- separately before marriage remains
.. separate property; by contract made
:. before marriage the provision regard
- ing community property may be set
~ aside; the separate property OF the
= wife is not responsible for community
- debts; the husband may sell or mort
81 gage community real estate without
the consent or assistance OF the wife
IS and can dispose of removable proper
m ty in any way he desires, a married
" woman can sell her separate property
n by the consent of her husband, in de
Or fault of his consent, by that OF the