Time: Tue Jun 17 15:01:55 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA24252; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 15:00:55 -0700 (MST) by usr02.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA02586; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 15:00:50 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 14:59:22 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: God and Titles (the Quiet kind) <snip> > >FROM THE ASHCAN: > >Some years ago, a New Orleans lawyer sought a direct >Veterans Administration loan for a client. He was told that >the loan would be approved if he could provide proof of clear >title to the property offered as collateral. The title for >the property in question was complicated and he spent a >considerable amount of time reviewing all pertinent documents >back to 1803. Satisfied with the depth and expanse of his >examination, he submitted the information to the VA. > > He soon received a reply from the VA.: > > "We received your letter today enclosing application for a >loan for your client, supported by abstract of title. The >application forms are complete, but you have not cleared the >title before the year 1803. Therefore, before full review and >possible approval can a be accorded the application, it will >be necessary that the title be cleared back before that year." > > Annoyed, the lawyer wrote the V.A.: > > "Your letter regarding titles in case #9378329 received. >I note that you wish titles extended further back than I have >presented. Your attention is invited to the following >information to update your records for the property prior to >1803: > > a) I was unaware that any educated person would not know >that the United States gained clear title to Louisiana from >France in 1803. This title transfer was a result of a real >estate transaction known as The Louisiana Purchase. > > b) France gained clear title to Louisiana by right of >conquest from Spain under the Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800). > > c) The land came into the possession of Spain by right of >discovery in 1492 by a sailor named Christopher Columbus. He >was acting on behalf of Isabella, Queen of Spain, and had her >permission to claim newly discovered lands for Spain. > > d) The good Queen, being a pious woman and careful about >titles - almost as careful as the V.A.- took the precaution >of securing the blessing of the Pope before authorizing the >voyage. > > e) The Pope is a servant of God; God created the world. > > f) Therefore, I believe that it is safe to presume that God >created title that part of the world called Louisiana and thus >was the original holder of the property in question. > >Jim Harper >Sequim, WA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >Unsub info - send e-mail to majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com, with >"unsubscribe liberty-and-justice" in the body (not the subject) >Liberty-and-Justice list-owner is Mike Goldman <whig@pobox.com> > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.2 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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