A New Orleans Lawyer
A New Orleans lawyer sought an FHA (Federal Housing
Administration) loan for a client. He was told that
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 FHA, he received the
following reply: "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 prepared and presented the
application, we must point out that you have only cleared
the Title to the proposed collateral property back to the
year 1803. Before final approval can be accorded, it will
be necessary to clear the title back to it's origin."
Annoyed, the lawyer responded as follows: "Your letter
regarding Titles in Case No. 189156 has been received.
I note that you wish to have Titles 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 arena, 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, who 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. I hope that you are satisfied."
"Now, may we have our Title?"
[ Author Unknown -- from 'Aiken Drum' (Aiken@AikensLaughs.com) ]
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