1280 HUSBAND AND WIFE. [ART. 45

to be paid shall be in arrear and unpaid, it shall be lawful for
the landlord to levy said rent by distress in the same manner
as if the lessee were a feme sole; and in case of no sufficient
distress being found on said premises, to make such re-entry
or bring such action for recovery of the demised premises as
he or she might do if the lessee were feme sole and had cove-
nanted for the payment of said rents and to suffer such re-entry
to be made.
Cruzen v. McKaig, 57 Md. 458.

1888, art, 45, sec. 15. 1867, ch. 223. 1898, ch. 457, sec. 18.

18. In all deeds made to married women since March 19,
1867, of real estate or chattels real, it shall be competent for
the grantee or lessee to bind herself and her assigns by any
covenant running with or relating to said real estate or chattels
real, the same as if she were a feme sole.
Worthington v Cooke, 52 Md. 306. Davis, ex'r v. Can oil, 71 Md. 571.

Ibid. sec. 13. 1798, ch. 101, sub-chapter 6, see. 8. 1898, ch 457,

sec. 19.

19. A husband bringing a personal action to recover in
right of his wife after her death may declare specifically
setting forth in the usual manner how the debt or right accrued
to his wife, and stating further that by marriage the debt or
right devolved on him.
Hubbard v. Barcus, 38 Md. 175. In re Lee's estate, 76 Md. 111.

1900, ch. 633, sec. 19 A.

20. A married woman may contract with her husband and
may form a copartnership with her husband or with any other
person or persons in the same manner as if she were a feme
sole, and upon all such contracts, partnership or otherwise, a
married woman may sue and be sued as fully as if she were a
feme sole.

1898, ch. 457, sec. 20.

21. Nothing in this article shall be construed to relieve the
husband from liability for the debts, contracts or engagements
which the wife may incur or enter into upon the credit of her
husband or as his agent or for necessaries for herself or for
his or their children; but as to all such cases his liability shall
be or continue as at common law.

See anie art 27, sec. 69. See ante art. 35, sec. 4. See ante art. 46, secs. 57-61.