... Plaintiffs, a group of taxpayers, filed this action pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:49-1 to -3, See footnote 1 1 to challenge Council's ... name of and for and on behalf of such municipality. . . ." N.J.S.A. 2A:49-1. The reference to "freeholders" is a reference to taxpayers. Ippolito ...