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> Part of rebuilding New Orleans caused residents often to 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. > > > Here's a great letter an attorney wrote to the FHA on behalf of a > client: > > 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 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?" > > The loan was approved.