Freeland v. Orange County

The record indicates plaintiffs, when the case was heard in the superior court, contended the published notice (Exhibit “B”) was insufficient. However, this contention is not brought forward in plaintiffs’ brief and is deemed abandoned. The sole contention now presented by plaintiffs is that the public hearing on January 25, 1967, did not meet the requirements of G.S. 153-266.16.

This is not an action in which some specific provision of a zoning ordinance is under attack. Plaintiffs attack the ordinance as void in its entirety. They contend that, because of the asserted failure of the county…