Staphan L. Koserkoff, and Cross-Appellant v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, and Cross-Appellee

O’SULLIVAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company appeals from a judgment for $22,500 in favor of plaintiff, Staphan L. Koserkoff, entered upon a jury verdict in said amount. Appellant, the C & O, asserts that a verdict should have been directed in its favor because the evidence disclosed that, as a matter of law, plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence, and that such evidence was insufficient to permit a jury to find that the railroad was guilty of any negligence that was a proximate cause of plaintiff’s injuries. Plaintiff’s cross appeal charges that interest…