CORKIN, J.
Defendant was convicted of burning a dwelling house; CL 1948, § 750.72 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 28.267). It was defendant's contention throughout the trial and now on appeal that the structure burned was not a dwelling house within the meaning of the statute.
The statute under which defendant was convicted provides as follows:
"Any person who wilfully or maliciously burns any dwelling house, either occupied or unoccupied, or the contents...
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