Lancashire v. Garford Manufacturing Co., 199 Mo. App. 418 (1918)

As stated in French v. Pettingill, supra, 1. c. 160, the courts 'of this State have declined to frame a rule of general application by which to determine what amounts to a constructive eviction of a tenant and it is almost impossible to lay down any general rule with reference to this matter, as it is often difficult to determine just what acts or conduct on the part of the landlord amounts to an eviction. It was held in French v. Pettingill, supra, where the landlord rented a portion of the premises for cluh purposes and the club maintained a bowling alley and a restaurant where drinks were served, about which persons congregated and became intoxicated and late at night ■ used loud and profane language which disturbed the peace and quiet enjoyment of the defendant who was the plaintiff’s tenant in another portion of the premises, that there was no showing that the landlord intended to authorize the use of the premises for disgraceful or immoral purposes and that there was no eviction, there being , no proof that the landlord was in any way responsible for the disorder on the premises. There was no com*423plaint made to tlie landlord and there is nothing in the opinion to show that the landlord even knew, before the tenant in that case moved out, of the conditions present.