Clippings; Water supply; Lakes & ponds; Actions & defenses; Lawyers;
This article reports on a lawsuit concerning the conflict between the Village of Chester's use and control of Walton Lake as its water supply and the surrounding property owners.
Law passed May 14, 1745 to prevent slaves from running away to Canada and passing information to the French during King George's War (one of the French and Indian Wars). Any slave convicted of trying to escape to Canada would be put to death. The...