Wife to sue and be sued alone upon contracts, torts, etc.

The wife must sue alone upon all contracts made by or with her, or for the recovery of her separate property or for injuries to such property, or for its rents, income or profits, or for all injuries to her person or reputation; and upon all contracts made by her, or engagements into which she enters and for all torts committed by her, she must be sued as if she were sole.

(Code 1886, §2347; Code 1896, §2527; Code 1907, §4493; Code 1923, §8268; Code 1940, T. 34, §72.)