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Being an attorney, I thought you might find this humorous.---- Emmye
< -----Original Message----- < From: Peggy Davis [mailto:peggy@dracospring.com] < Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 1:53 PM < To: Emmye Partin < Subject: FW: case history < < < < -----Original Message----- < From: Robert Kremer [mailto:Robert.Kremer@Halliburton.com] < Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 1:29 PM < To: Davis, Bill; Fultz, Wayne; Grajek, Kenneth; Janet Jordan; Joni < Kremer; Peggy Davis; Porter, Paul; Schilling, Buster; Stephanie Stephanie < Subject: FW: case history < < This is an actual case. < < << < < << < 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 an < 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 title back to its origin." < < << < < << < Annoyed, the lawyer responded as follows (actual letter): < < << < < << < "Your letter regarding title in Case 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 land prior to U.S. < ownership was obtained from France, which 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 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. < He, therefore, would be the owner of origin. I hope to hell you find His < original claim to be satisfactory. Now, may we have our damn < loan?" < < They got it. - winmail.dat
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