Davis v. Harris

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Cammack

Affirming.

The appellant, Edna Mae Davis, filed a petition in equity on September 23, 1940, against the appellees, Richard and Rebecca Harris, to obtain the custody of an infant child which she alleged was her own and was being detained by the Harrises without her consent and without their having adopted her legally. She further alleged that she was able to support the child and that the Harrises were not and that they were destroying her daughter’s love and affection for her. The Harrises answered on October 8th, the second day of the October term of the…