interesting
how the rights of the rest of us disappeared along the way ...
Proving
Title
Years ago, 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
a parcel of property being offered as collateral. No big deal;
customary request.
The title of the property dated back to 1803. Instead of tracing title
back 50 years, the customary amount, the lawyer traced it all the way
back to 1803. This took him three months.
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."
Peeved, the attorney sent back the following (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
possession of Spain by right of conquest 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 and of the world as we AND the FHA know it. I hope to hell you
find God's original claim to be satisfactory.
Now, may we have our damn loan?"
The loan was approved soon thereafter.
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