WORTH A READ:
A 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
the parcel of property being offered as collateral. The title to the
property datedback to 1803, which took the Lawyer three months to track
down. Aftersending 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’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 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 loan?”
He got the loan.
