The Tree Growing in Someone Else's Land

Question
A tree has grown in my yard from the roots of my neighbor's tree; do I own it or does he?
Answer
I say, and with God's help: What grows in your land belongs to you, and what grows in someone else's land belongs to him, and God knows best.
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