Contracts binding on both - Liability for acts - Suits and proceedings.

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All contracts, sales or encumbrances made by either husband or wife by virtue of the power contemplated and granted by order of the court as provided in the preceding section, shall be binding on both, and during such absence or imprisonment the person acting under such power may sue and be sued thereon, and for all acts done the property of both shall be liable, and execution may be levied or attachment issued thereon according to statute. No suit or proceedings shall abate or be in any wise affected by the return or release of the person confined, but he or she may be permitted to prosecute or defend jointly with the other.

R.L.1910, § 3361. Renumbered from Title 32, § 13 by Laws 1989, c. 333, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.


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