Taylor v. Bowen

The question of law presented by this appeal is simple. Did the Community College Planning Board and the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners lose zoning jurisdiction and did the Citjr of Fayetteville acquire that jurisdiction when the area became a part of the city by annexation? The general rule is stated by Barnhill, J. (later C.J.) in Parsons v. Wright, 223 N.C. 520, 27 S.E. 2d 534: “When a municipal corporation is established it takes control of the territory and affairs over which it is given authority to the exclusion of other governmental agencies.” See also Schloss v. Jamison,…