Keenan v. Flanigan

This is a suit by a landlord against his tenant for a balance claimed for rent. There is no dispute about the facts. The defendant leased, for a residence, for the term of two years, the upper floor of a two-story or duplex dwelling. The lower apartment was then vacant, but was after-wards leased, also for a residence, to another tenant, who moved in soon after the defendant had moved into the upper apartment. The tenant in the lower apartment conducted such a noisy and disorderly house that the occupants of the upper apartment could not sleep. A victrola played music from 8 o’clock every…