Skaggs v. Gannon

Opinion op the Court by

Morris, Commissioner

Reversing.

In adoption proceedings tlie Jefferson county court decreed the child of appellant mother to adopting parents, later overruling her plea to annul the judgment. On appeal to the circuit court the matter was referred to the commissioner, who made a comprehensive report giving findings of fact and conclusions of law, recommending that the judgment be upheld, the chancellor following his recommendation.

Appellant, mother of the illegitimate girl child, reared in a distant town in Kentucky, in a Christian family and moral atmosphere, had the…