Edward Eugene Watson, Jr. v. W. McKay Skillman, William T. Patrick, Jr., and Asher L. Cornelius

This is an appeal from an order dismissing his complaint in an action brought by Edward Eugene Watson, Jr., who was convicted of murder by jury verdict in a Michigan State Court and is now serving a sentence of life imprisonment in a Michigan penitentiary.

In this civil action for damages, appellant named as defendants a judge of the Recorder’s Court of Detroit, an assistant prosecuting attorney for Wayne County, Michigan, and a member of the Michigan Bar who was retained by appellant as attorney to defend him in the murder case. The court over which the appellee judge presided and in which…