Lydia S. Nuckoles v. F. W. Woolworth Company

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

This is a negligence case brought in a Virginia state court and removed to the federal district court by reason of diversity of citizenship. We are to apply the law of Virginia.1

Counsel agree that the sole question presented is whether or not the plaintiff, Mrs. Lydia S. Nuckoles, was con-tributorily negligent “as a matter of law.” There is no disagreement as to the rule of law or standard of conduct by which Mrs. Nuckoles is to be judged. We are not required to attempt, as we sometimes must, interpretation of a difficult state statute; nor need we attempt, albeit…