Bell v. Henderson Nat. Bank

Section 8272 of the Code of 1923 provides that “the wife shall not, directly or indirectly, become the surety for the husband.” It must be observed that the only limitation put upon the right of the wife to dispose of her property is that she cannot bind it as a surety, directly or indirectly, for the debts of the husband. “She has the Tight to give her property away to her husband or anybody else, and to apply it, by her own hand or through her ‘husband, directly to the payment of his debts.’ ” Sample v. Guyer, 143 Ala. 613, 42 So. 106, 107. It has been generally held that a wife may pay her…