Batterton v. Pima County

The Pima county courthouse was erected in the year 1882, when the population of that county was only about twenty per cent of what it is now. As a natural result of the passage of years and the growth of population the county business has greatly outgrown the accommodations provided, and the building itself has deteriorated to such an extent that it is and has been for years universally admitted that it was only a question of time as to when it would be imperative that a larger and better courthouse and jail be erected.

The present courthouse is situated on the south half of block 192 in the…