OWNERSHIP OF ANIMALS 267 
responsible for the obstruction or defect may be 
held liable individually, whether he hold a public 
office or not; but the state cannot be sued, and 
there is no lability on the part of the county or 
township which is unincorporated.®* In a city the 
corporation may be held liable, though not neces- 
sarily so.®? 
58 PUBLIC HEALTH, 357. 
59 PUBLIC H®ALTH. 358. 
