You really have to love this lawyer
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. 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 reply from FHA):
"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 response):
"Your letter regarding title in Case No.189156 has been received.
I note that you wish to have title extended further than the 206
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 United States 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, Queen 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 's
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 damn loan?"
The loan was immediately approved...!!!!
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