Larry Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 This is why I love lawyers >Only in Louisiana............................ > >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 s ecuring 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. > >__________________________________________________ Quote
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