Roman v. Albert

On July 31, 1926, the plaintiff, Liberty Roman, commenced action in the district court of Carbon county for the reformation of a certain deed and to quiet title to the real estate described in it and two other deeds; she named as defendants Steve Roman, her husband, John Albert, sheriff of the county, and Sadie Mae Puutio. Roman defaulted and thereafter appeared in the case only as a witness for the plaintiff.

Albert and Puutio joined issue as to the facts alleged in the complaint, and the latter filed a cross-complaint in which she attacked the deeds as fraudulent and set up a lien on the…