(Solved) Electrical receptacle box has only 2 wires (white and black, no ground), but both are hot so no neutral? Can't figure out why?
Wait, are they metal boxes?  Are the wires in conduit or AC cable?  The conduit/cable is a valid ground path.  

Your neutral is that way because neutral is disconnected somewhere between this point and your panel.  Somewhere on this side of it, you have a load plugged in, and it's pulling the voltage up toward 120V.