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The person that has the better title to the land is Joe Reese due to the fact that he has a legal document (Deed for the land in his name) recognised by the law showing that the land belongs to him.
This document (deed) is an officially document that helps to keep track of informations of those who owns a land and the location where the land can be found. For the fact that, Lorenz did not make an official enquiry from the relevant office neither did he have a legal documents to abck him up, shows that, he has no right to the land despite the fact that he has lived in the land over the past 20 years.
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