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Everyone who has ever bought a house will enjoy this. A New Orleans
lawyer sought an FHA loan for a client who lost his house in Hurricane
Katrina and wanted to rebuild. He was told the loan would be granted if
he could prove satisfactory title to the parcel of property being
offered as collateral.
The title to the property dated back to 1803, which took the Lawyer
three months to track down. After sending the information to the FHA,
he
received the following reply:
(Actual letter):
"Upon review of your letter adjoining your client's loan
application,
we note that the request is supported by an Abstract of Title. While
we
compliment the able manner in which you have prepared and presented the
application, we must point out that you have only cleared title to the
proposed collateral property back to 1803. Before final approval can
be
accorded, it will be necessary to clear the title back to its origin."
Annoyed, the lawyer responded as follows:
(Actual Letter):
"Your letter regarding title in Case No. 189156 has been received. I
note that you wish to have title extended further than the 194 years
covered by the present application.
I was unaware that any educated person in this country, particularly
those working in the property area, would not know that Louisiana was
purchased, by the U.S., from France in 1803, the year of origin
identified in our application.
For the edification of uninformed FHA bureaucrats, the title to the
land
prior to U.S. ownership was obtained From France, which had acquired it
by Right of Conquest from Spain.
The land came into the possession of Spain by Right of Discovery made
in
the
year 1492 by a sea captain named Christopher Columbus, who had been
granted the Privilege of seeking a new route to India by the Spanish
monarch, Isabella.
The good queen, Isabella, being a pious woman and almost as careful
about titles as the FHA, took the precaution of securing the blessing
of
the Pope before she sold her jewels to finance Columbus ' expedition.
Now the Pope, as I sure you may know, is the emissary of Jesus Christ,
the Son of
God, and God, it is commonly accepted, created this world. Therefore, I
believe it is safe to presume that God also made that part of the world
called Louisiana.
God, therefore, would be the owner of origin and His origins date back
to before the beginning of time, the world as we know it AND the FHA. I
hope you find God's original claim to be satisfactory.
Now, may we have our damn loan?"
He got the loan.