... bribes that influenced the sale of the thirty million acres. This decision by the Georgia legislature was influenced by the outcome of an earlier court case involving state and federal property rights. When Robert Fletcher learned of the new legislature's revoke of the original land sale, he demanded that the contract with John Peck be cancelled and his money returned. Robert ... of land to John Peck was legal and protected by the United States Constitution. Therefore, he argued, his contract was valid and could not be invalidated by the new law passes by the Georgia legislature. The ma...

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