Only in Louisiana
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A New Orleans  lawyer sought an FHA loan for a client who lost his house in Hurricane  Katrina and wanted to rebuild.. 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 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 FHA 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 Reply):

“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 damn loan?”

Needless to say he got the  loan.

Shared By : Harpreet Kaur