Carter v. Stanly County

SMITH, Judge.

The central issue in this appeal is whether Stanly County (the County) has the statutory authority to purchase privately owned land, and then give that land to the State as an enticement for the building of a state prison. Secondary issues are whether the County provided adequate notice of the zoning changes necessary for the placement of the proposed prison on the site, and whether the trial court should have granted defendants’ motion for N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1A-1, Rule 11 (1990) sanctions against plaintiffs.

We hold that the County has the authority to effect the land transaction…