Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1946 )

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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TU(AS
AUSTIN
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"8Iacm under the Coaatltutloa In Texer a
cwrried womm msr hold offlom, #he ur of oourao
do all thiaga necesrr~ or lwident to the pro-
p0r tx0mi8e of that right, 8p~h •~ 8fmtig 0
bond. The genenl rule forbidding her to con-
tmot e 118bIlIt~ vould no LEOIWprevent her mrk-
lug l bond than it vould derq her the right to
wk. neoerroq bonda In the pmseoutloa of aulta
peulttod to her. In lech inmtmcs the parer I#
ma lnoidtmt to the right conferred, end la necer-
rrrI1~ Implied, If not sxpresely required, by
the atatuto deaandlng bonds."
In 23 Tex. Jur., ?egs 216, SW. 180, It 18 arid:
"l'b vife's bondr executed In the ooume of
legal proceedings to vhloh mhe ID l party, either
olv¶,lor criminal, of ccurot, bInda her penonrlly
vlthout rtgtrd to her husband'm joinder, for this
Ia tn Ineldtnt to her right to lltlgstt or defeul
in court."
?or thI8 pronouncement severs1 ceatm ere olttd.
Tht huabtnd mey, hwtvtr, becomo surety for his wife
upon ruoh ofSIcIs1 bond and would bt liable 8~ suoh sumty pre-
clstly ls ray othtp surety for eq liability of tht vlft es
prlnolpal thereon. He 18 act raqulrtd to beoomt such surety fbr
8ht may furnish other sureties at her option.
ATTORh'EHGEtii OF TXXAS
BY