For those of you who have had to deal with governmental agencies, this will
strike
a familiar and then satisfying chord.....:
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 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 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 then reigning monarch, Isabella. The good queen,
being a pious
woman and careful about titles, almost as much as the FHA, took the
precaution
of securing
the blessing of the Pope before she sold her jewels to fund Columbus'
expedition.
Now the Pope, as I'm sure you 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 He also made that part of the world called Louisiana. He,
therefore, would
be the owner of origin.
I hope you find His original claim to be satisfactory.
Now, may we have our loan?"
They got it
strike
a familiar and then satisfying chord.....:
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 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 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 then reigning monarch, Isabella. The good queen,
being a pious
woman and careful about titles, almost as much as the FHA, took the
precaution
of securing
the blessing of the Pope before she sold her jewels to fund Columbus'
expedition.
Now the Pope, as I'm sure you 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 He also made that part of the world called Louisiana. He,
therefore, would
be the owner of origin.
I hope you find His original claim to be satisfactory.
Now, may we have our loan?"
They got it
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