Quick Tumblr Post Honors The Tree That Owns Itself

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mattstaff
Aug 11, 2021 7:00 PM EDT

If you were in need of some inspiration to further get your life together, well, look no further than this tree that legitimately owns itself. Like what? Nature is beautiful man. More trees out there need to have ownership over their lives. For some more gold from the world of Tumblr, check out this recent Tumblr thread that we ran about how Darth Vader is the absolute queen of drama.

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    Plant - utvrye eaue Reese St Deanng St Waddell St Waddel St Tree That Owns Itself Directions Write a review The Tree That Owns Itself is a white oak tree, widely assumed to have legal ownership of itself and of all land within eight feet of its base. Wikipedia Address: South Finley Street, Athens, GA 30605, United States Reviews 4.3 ***** 6 Google reviews SHul St S HU Florida Ave N Newton St. ton St S Finley St pe St S Pope St N Church St SHarris St
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    Rectangle - otteroftheworld My parents live in this town and the city legally can't tear the tree down to build or anything because the tree has its own legal rights and they can't do anything about it. vnicent how does. how does this happen. how DID this happen
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    Rectangle - giraffepoliceforce I love this story because this guy in the early 1800's had so many great childhood memories of this tree and wanted to make sure it was protected no matter what. So he deeded the ownership of the tree to itself and everyone just went with it. Then in 1942 this intense windstorm came and knocked the tree over. And people were bummed. But someone had saved an acorn from the original tree, so they planted that and now Son of the Tree That Owns Itself is over 50 feet t
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    Rectangle - And since this new tree is technically the offspring of the original tree it's considered to have legally inherited the plot of land it's inhabiting. Two generations of trees owning land is amazing and if you don't think this is the coolest thing get right out of my face.
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    Font - solomoncaine7 • 23m So, okay, there's legal precedent here, but I'm not a lawyer, just an enthusiast of stupid laws. Granting deed and title to the tree is actually the right thing to do, as inanimate objects and animals can't legally inherit from people when they die. But the law states that specifically. If you are a living individual who grants ownership to an inanimate object or animal, the legal precedent is to allow it. This is how it works in America. I don't know how that works in
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