Yandle v. Mecklenburg County

COZORT, Judge.

This case involves a dispute between private property owners, the Town of Matthews, and Mecklenburg County. The County wants to condemn certain land to be used as a sanitary landfill. The owners of the land initiated proceedings for voluntary annexation into the Town, which, if approved, would prevent the County from using the land as a sanitary landfill. The landowner obtained a temporary restraining order which enjoined the County’s condemnation proceeding, and the County obtained a temporary restraining order to enjoin the annexation. After a bench trial on the merits, the…