In Re Scalf's Adoption

The sole question we are asked to determine is whether an appeal in a case like this from the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of Knox County, Tennessee, lies to the circuit court of that county or to the Court of Appeals.

The case in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations'Court involved the custody of two young children. Their mother was dead and they had been deserted by their father. Charles J. Brown of Knoxville wished to obtain custody of the children, with view to their adoption, and filed a petition setting out his desires in the matter, his condi tion in life, Ms financial…