Children's Aid Soc. v. Davis

This is a controversy concerning the custody of a male child now something more than one year of age. This child, when about two months old, was left by its father on the doorstep of a stranger household in the city of Montgomery. Through the kind offices of a physician, and with the approval of an agent of the Aid Society, the child was placed in the custody I of appellees, who were told that the Aid Society would control its future placement, but at the same time were confidently, but not officially, assured that they would be allowed to keep the child. At that time and for some time…