John D. Hux, Receiver of the Federal Grain Company, Inc. v. Sydney J. Butler (Mrs. L. v. Butler)

WILLIAM E. MILLER, District Judge.

This action was brought in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee by the receiver of Federal Grain Company, a Georgia corporation which had its principal place of business in Missouri but is now in receivership in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, to recover from Mrs. Sydney J. Butler, a resident of Memphis, Tennessee and the wife of L. Y. “Jimmie” Butler, funds of the corporation which were lost in speculative commodity futures transactions. The total recovery sought in the three count…