Wayne County Citizens Ass'n for Better Tax Control: Outlaw v. Wayne County Board of Commissioners

MEYER, Justice.

Plaintiffs in this action are an unincorporated group known as Wayne County Citizens Association for Betifer Tax Control (hereinafter “Tax Association”) and individuals who are' citizens, residents, and taxpayers of Wayne County acting individually and as officers and members of the Board of Directors of the Tax Association. By a complaint filed 26 January 1990, plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of N.C.G.S. § 160A-20, which authorizes a local government unit to enter into a contract granting a security interest in real property subject to improvement. The relief…