United States v. Georgia Vegetables Co.

ORDER

OWENS, District Judge.

In 1982, at a time when they were indebted on a secured basis to Farmers Home Administration for over $600,000.00, Warren F. Paulk and Fred D. Paulk, d/b/a Paulk Farms, grew and sold $305,643.00 worth of bell peppers, cucumbers and snap-beans to defendant Georgia Vegetable Company, Inc. and did not remit the proceeds to Farmers Home Administration.

The bell peppers, cucumbers and snapbe-ans were grown on some 300 acres of land in Atkinson County, Georgia that Messrs. Paulk rented from Jimmy B. Metts. Jimmy B. Metts did not own the land. Mr. Metts’ wife, Betty Fender…