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
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>
>  -----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.
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> 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.
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> After sending the information to the FHA, he received the following reply
> (actual letter):
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> "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."
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> Annoyed, the lawyer responded as follows (actual letter):
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> "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.

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