BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.
About 10 p. m. on Saturday, October 31, 1959, Bonnie Hobbs, while on foot on U. S. Highway 40 west of Odessa, Missouri, was struck by Lloyd A. Renick's automobile. She was seriously injured. She has brought this diversity action against Renick to recover damages. The defendant's motion for a directed verdict, made at the close of the plaintiff's case, was sustained by the trial court on the grounds that the plaintiff was contributorily negligent...
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