This was in my Community Newsletter- no author given
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 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 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 title back to its origin."
Annoyed, the lawyer responded as follows: (Actual letter): "Your letter regarding 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 working in the property area, would not know that Louisiana was purchased, by the U.S. from France in 1803, the year of origin in our application. For the edification of uniformed 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 Sea Captain 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, created this world.
Therefore, I believe it is safe to presume that God also made the part of the world called Louisiana. God, therefore, would be the owner of origin and His origins date back 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 can we have our damn loan?"
He got the loan.
I give the attorney credit for being a buster. It is amazing how giving a title gives such power in the banking/mortgage industry.
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