Good Lawyer

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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 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 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 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 loan?"
>
> He got the loan.

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