Reese v. Mecklenburg County

STEELMAN, Judge.

The trial court properly denied plaintiff’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and granted defendants’ motions for judgment on the pleadings. The lease of property acquired under the Landbanking Statute (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159-48(c)(4b)) for a professional baseball stadium is permitted as a county corporate purpose. Recreational facilities do not lose their public purpose merely because a private party is involved. When the 2004 Park Bond only restricted the expenditure of bond proceeds on a stadium for professional baseball, and the disbursed money was subsequently repaid,…