This mail also landed in my inbox some days ago. Some of these things are only possible when Lawyers are put into the picture.
New Orleans lawyer sought an FHA loan for a client. He was told the
loan would be granted if he could prove satisfactory title to a 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.
"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
"Your letter regarding title in Case No. 189156 has been received. I
note that you wish to have title extended further than the 202 years
covered by the present application.
I was unaware that any educated person in this state, 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'm sure you may know, is the emissary of
Jesus Christ, the Son of God and God. It is commonly accepted that God
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 requested loan?"
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