I did not bother to check this out to see if it might be true or not- it's just a good laugh, and yet sad if true! Part of rebuilding New Orleans causes residents to often be >> challenged With the task of tracing home titles back potentially >> hundreds of Years. >> With a community rich with history stretching back over two >> centuries, Houses have been passed along through generations of >> family, sometimes >> Making it quite difficult to establish ownership. > >> 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 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 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 damn loan?" >> The loan was approved
