The copper era., 1911-03-03

1 owner of a house in said Hills Addi- ! tion in which he resides with his family, and is also the owner of lot and building thereon in which said building, said J. A. Billingsley con-
 duets a general mercantile business,
 from which the said c. O. Billingsley receives a large revenue in the way
 of monthly rentals.
 That plantiff is advised and believes
 and on such advice and belief alleges
 that said B. F. Billingsley, defendant
 herein, was influenced partly, if not
 totally, in his vote for the selection of site, for said Courthouse in said
 HilPs Addition by the desire to fur
 ther the interest of his said Brothers and with the intent and desire to in- crease the value of their property owned by them in said Hills Addi- tion and the revenue received by the said C. O. Billingsley from rental of his said store building.
 That plaintiff is informed and be- lieves, and on such information and belief alleges that said J H. T. Cosper, one of the defendant herein, was ad vised by the said B. F. Billingsley and the said George Webster, consti- tuting a majority of said Board, prior to the meeting of said Board on the 9th day of February, 1911, and prior to the filings of said petition by the taxpayers and citizens of said County, that they had fully and finally deter mined to select said site in said Hills Addition and that at sthe urgent re- quest of said Billingsley and Webster, and knowing that his vote in opposi- tion thereto would not defeat the previously formed design of the said Billingsley and Webster, and to pre- serve harmony among the members of said Board on the 9th day of Feb ruary, 1911, agreed to vote, and did vote at said meeting, to select said site in said Hills Addition.
 That plaintiff is advised and believes and on such advice and belief alleges that prior to Janurry 17th, 1911, de- fendants Webster and Billingsley com bined and confederated together for the purpose of selecting a perma- nent site for for said Courthouse; that it was understood and agreed by and between said Webster and Billingsley while SO combining and confederating that the permanent site for said Courthouse would be located in HilPs Addition, South Clifton, and they. prior to said l7th day of Jan uary, 1911, did agree to select and did
  manent site for said Courthouse and as a further element Of said design and conspiracy between said Webster and Billingsley, it was understood | and agreed by and between them i that at said meeting of said Board, on February 9th, 1911, they would arbi- trarily and in pursuance of said com and conspiracy vote for the | selection of a perma nent site for said | Courthouse in said Hills Addition, i South Clifton, and plaintiff is in- formed and believes that said George | Webster and B. F. Billingsley, in | pursuance of and in furtherance of said conspiracy, arbitrarily and con- Irary to their duties as members of | Lhe Board of Supervisors, did on the | 9th day of February, 1911, vote for Hills Addition as a permanent site for said Courthouse.
 And plaintiff is further advised L and believes on such advise and | belief alleges that said arbitrary selection of said Courthouse site was for the single and sole purpose of the individual interests of said Webster and Blllingsley.
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 That the permanent site selected by said Board on February 9th, 1911, is situate approximately four hundred ! feet in an easterly direction from the line of the Arizona & New Mexico | Company, at which point, plaintiff alleges, that the larger pant of the switching by said Railway Company is done. That by reason of the noise incident to the switching of it's cars on said Hills Addition, the | of the Court would | necessarily be interrupted and at | times prevent the Court from proceed ing with its business.
 That the place selected by said | Board for a permanent site for said | Courthouse is at the mouth of can yon through which large volumes of water at times flow with great velo- city. That Courthouse constructed l