Feb 8 · 2015
giraffepoliceforce: “vnicent: “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. ” how does. how does this...

giraffepoliceforce:

vnicent:

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.

how does. how does this happen. how DID this happen

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 tall.

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.

(Source: bedjacket, via slasher0001)

  • 876629
    1. jiyle reblogged this from cywscross
    2. seasidealliby reblogged this from everthehero
    3. ehithappens reblogged this from thisishowoursonggoes
    4. musclekittysenpai reblogged this from anegus
    5. bhaby-xo reblogged this from thisishowoursonggoes
    6. thisishowoursonggoes reblogged this from anegus
    7. anegus reblogged this from musclekittysenpai
    8. bunnyjeongukkie reblogged this from rainbowrites
    9. gunslingeriris reblogged this from silenceia
    10. penaltyflap reblogged this from legallybeagle
    11. radioactive-desire reblogged this from celestialceal
    12. celestialceal reblogged this from nocturnalbeth
    13. nocturnalbeth reblogged this from what-if-im-a-mermaid
    14. anarchisticandy reblogged this from what-if-im-a-mermaid
    15. itobthepub reblogged this from cancowboy
    16. what-if-im-a-mermaid reblogged this from logicallythyla
    17. lighvirosi reblogged this from catfacemeowers
    18. daniyellinn reblogged this from heroineofspeed
    19. icestar0 reblogged this from cywscross
    20. lapstax reblogged this from notyetwritten
    21. sirfluffo reblogged this from emptysurface
    22. notyetwritten reblogged this from blackirishweab
    23. smoggletog reblogged this from perks-of-being-chinese
    24. stories-inthe-stars reblogged this from fifteenshadesofbleu
    25. bedjacket posted this