Lindsey v. Brown

Under the evidence in this case we are fully persuaded that the welfare of the child will be best promoted by leaving its custody and care with the appellant, and in so deciding we are not unmindful of that which has so often been declared by this court and the Supreme Court that:

“Where the controversy is between the parent on the one side, and parties bearing no relation by ties of blood or otherwise on the other,. * * * the natural ties of affection and sympathy existing between parent and child, though of an inferior race or lowly condition, must be considered, and should not be ignored,…