(2) Other statutes, not only create separate statutory estates, but give a married woman power to contract with reference thereto as if she were single.1 Under most of these statutes a

7 Investment Co. v. Re-op, 132 Pa. St. 496; sub nomine, Roop v. Investment Co., 7 L. R. A. 211; sub nomine, Appeal of Roop, 19 Atl. 278.

8 Doane v. Feather, 119 Mich. 691; 78 N. W. 884.

9 Caldwell v. Jones, 115 Mich. 129; 73 N. W. 129; Chamberlain v. Murrin, 92 Mich. 361; 52 N. W. 640.

10 Edison v. Babka, 111 Mich. 235; 69 N. W. 499.

11 Speier v. Opfer, 73 Mich. 35; 16 Am. St. Rep. 556; 2 L. R. A. 345; 40 N. W. 909.

12 Russel v. Bank, 39 Mich. 671; 33 Am. Rep. 444.

13 Detroit Chamber of Commerce v. Goodman, 110 Mich. 498; 35 L. R. A. 96; 68 N. W. 295 (two judges dissenting).

14 Simon v. Sabb, 56 S. C. 38; 33 S. E. 799.

15 June v. Labadie, - Mich. - ; 92 N. W. 937.

16 American, etc., Co. v. Owens, 72 Fed. 219; 18 C. C. A. 513; Shaffer v. Kugler, 107 Mo. 58; 17 S. W. 698; Stenger, etc., Association v. Stenger, 54 Neb. 427; 74 N. W. 846; Godfrey v. Megahan; 38 Neb. 748; 57 N. W. 284; Hirth v. Hirth, 98 Va. 121; 34 S. E. 964.

1 American, etc., Co. v. Owens, 72 Fed. 219; 18 C. C. A. 513; Liebes v. Steffy, - Ariz. - ; 32 Pac. 261; Warner v. Hess, 66 Ark. 113; 49 S. W. 489; Kirkley v. Lacey, 7 Houst. (Del.) 213; Tarr v. Muir, 107 Ky. 283; 53 S. W. 663; First, etc., Bank v. Moss, 52 La. Ann. 1524; 28 So. 133; Citizens' State Bank v. Smout, married woman has as much power to contract with reference to her separate property as her husband has with reference to his.2 Thus she may be a surety3 or sole trader,4 or may be a member of a partnership of which her husband is not a member,5 and it is everywhere held that she may buy property6 or sell it, and this rule applies to lands owned at the passage of the statute as well as those afterwards acquired.7 She may authorize an attorney in fact to mortgage her realty.8 She may assign her interest in a life insurance policy without the intervention of a trustee,9 or may release a cause of action in tort for personal injuries.10 She may assume a mortgage debt on realty bought by her,11 and may borrow money to pay off a lien and confess judgment therefor,12 or confess judgment for debt for the improvement of her separate real estate.13 So her note given for money borrowed to buy realty,14 or for any other loan15 is valid. So a married woman separated in property from her husband may become a stockholder.16 She may employ an attorney at least if for her own interests, as to institute divorce proceedings,17 even if the suit is afterwards dismissed ;18 or to discharge an attachment levied on her goods as the property of her husband.19 She may incur liability for necessaries, such as the attendance of a doctor, even if she is living with her husband,20 or for the services of a nurse.21 To hold her estate, it is not necessary to trace proceeds of a note into her separate estate if her intent to bind it appears from the transaction.22 Under such statutes her after-acquired property is liable for her contracts.23

62 Neb. 223; 86 N. W. 1068; Sten-ger, etc., Association v. Stenger, 54 Neb. 427; 74 N. W. 846; Melick v. Varney, 41 Neb. 105; 59 N. W. 521; Farwell v. Cramer, 38 Neb. 61; 56 N. W. 716; Godfrey v. Mega-han, 38 Neb. 748; 57 N. W. 284; Society, etc., v. Haines, 47 0. S. 423; 25 N. E. 119; Steffen v. Smitb, 159 Pa. St. 207; 28 Atl. 295; Darwin v. Moore, 58 S. C 164; 36 S. E. 539; Hirth v. Hirth, 98 Va. 121; 34 S. E. 964; Tufts v. Copen, 37 W. Va. 623; 16 S. E. 793.

2 Farwell v. Cramer, 38 Neb. 61; 56 N. W. 716.

3 Westervelt v. Baker, 56 Neb. 63; 76 N. W. 440 (though in Nebraska such contract does not prima facie bind her separate estate).

4 Kirkley v. Lacy, 7 Houst. (Del.) 213.

5 Vail v. Winterstein, 94 Mich. 230; 34 Am. St. Rep. 334; 18 L. R. A. 515; 53 N. W. 932.

6 Liebes v. Steffy, - Ariz. - ; 32 Pac. 261; Hays v. Jordan, 85 Ga. 741; 9 L. R. A. 373; 11 S. E. 833;

Melick v. Varney, 41 Neb. 105; 59 N. W. 521.

7 Jackson v. Everett (Tenn.), 58 S. W. 340.

8 Linton v. Ins. Co., 104 Fed. 584; 44 C. C. A. 54.

9 (Supreme Assembly) Good Fellows v. Campbell, 17 R. I. 402; 13 L. R. A. 601; 22 Atl. 307.

10 Cooney v. Lincoln, 20 R. I.183; 37 Atl. 1031 (citing Chicago, etc., R. R. Co. v. Dunn, 52 111. 260; 4 Am. Rep. 606; Berger v. Jacobs, 21 Mich. 215; Leonard v. Pope, 27 Mich. 145).

11 Society, etc., v. Haines, 47 O. S. 423; 25 N. E. 119; Brewer v. Maurer, 38 O. S. 543; 43 Am. Rep. 436.

12 Abell v. Chaffee, 154 Pa. St. 254; 26 Atl. 364.

13 Latrobe, etc., Association v. Fritz, 152 Pa. St. 224; 25 Atl. 558.

14 Steffen v. Smith, 159 Pa. St. 207; 28 Atl. 295.

15 Crampton v. Newton's Estate, - Mich. -; 93 N. W. 250.