Defendant-appellant, Raymond H. Baker, asserts in his single assignment of error that the trial court erred in failing to apply the statute of frauds, R.C. 1302.04, 1 tо the transaction between the parties; he claims that the court should not have rendered judgment against him for $4,753.32. We hold that the trial court properly decided that the statute of frauds was not a bar to recovery by plaintiff-appellee, Frank Adams & Co., Inc.
The transaction involved the purchase and sale of steel reinforcing rods for a retaining wall at the site of the residence that defendant was contemplating building for himself. The site was underneath a hill and required the con *138 struction of an extensive retaining wall for which defendant had obtained engineering drawings. The drawings called for 1,514 reinforcing rods of various lengths, a number of which were required to be bent in the shape of an “L” with a hook at the tip of the base; the rods were designed to tie the footings and the walls together. Plaintiffs evidence was that defendant ordered the rods by telephone, and that this was done following a person-to-person conference during which defendant made а note on the engineering drawings of the cost as quoted by plaintiff. Defendant denies he ordered the steel.
The transaction was not rеduced to writing and plaintiff did not send defendant a written confirmation of the sale. The steel rods were delivered to the construction site where, defendant concedes, the bundles were broken and the rods moved about in order to accommodate excavation work. Later, defendant abandoned the project. Plaintiffs testimony was that more than sixty days after delivery, defendant made ambiguous statements about needing time to pay. Defendant admitted on the witness stand that he had sold some of the rods to a third party.
The defense to plaintiffs suit on account was that the action was barred by the statute of frauds because there was no writing signed by defendant sufficient to indiсate that a contract had been made. This is an affirmative defense and defendant had the burden to prove it. We find no error in the trial court’s judgment for plaintiff because defendant failed to carry this burden. The state of the evidence was such that a reasonablе mind could conclude that the sale sub judice fell within either or both of two exceptions to the statute’s requirement of a writing.
First, R.C. 1302.04(C)(1) makes a contrаct enforceable even though not signed in writing when the goods are specially manufactured and are not suitable for sale to оthers in the ordinary course of business. See
Perlmuter Printing Co.
v.
Strome, Inc.
(N.D. E.D. Ohio 1976),
Second, R.C. 1302.04(C)(3) makes an unsigned contract enforceable when the gоods have been received and accepted by the buyer. The evidence demonstrated that defendant made no attemрt to reject the rods within a reasonable time after delivery to his construction site and no attempt to notify the seller “seasonably” as required by R.C. 1302.61(A).
2
In fact,
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defendant admitted he never inspected the steel on the site. Therefore, he accepted the goods under R.C. 1302.64(A)(2),
3
and the sale became enforceable under R.C. 1302.04(C)(3). Pride
Laboratories, Inc.,
v.
Sentinel Butte Farmers Elevator Co.
(N.D. 1978),
In brief, the defendant failed to carry the burden of proving the affirmative defense of the bar of the statute of frauds, and the state of the evidence was such that reasonable minds could conclude that the cоntract was enforceable under either R.C. 1302.04(C)(1) or (C)(3).
The assignment of error has no merit. We affirm.
Judgment affirmed.
Notes
R.C. 1302.04 reads as follows:
“(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section a contract for the sale of gоods for the price of fiye hundred dollars or more is not enforceable by way of action or defense unless there is some writing sufficient to indicate that a contract for sale has been made between the parties and signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought or by his authorized agent or broker. A writing is not insufficient because it omits or incorrectly states a term agreed upon but the contract is not enforceable under this division beyond the quantity of goods shown in such writing.
“(B) Between merchants if within a reasonable time a writing in confirmation of the contract and sufficient against the sender is received and the party receiving it has reason to know its contents, it satisfies thе requirements of division (A) of this section against such party unless written notice of objection to its contents is given within ten days after it is receivеd.
“(C) A contract which does not satisfy the requirements of division (A) of this section but which is valid in other respects is enforceable:
“(1) if the goods are to be specially manufactured for the buyer and are not suitable for sale to others in the ordinary course of the seller’s business and the seller, befоre notice of repudiation is received and under circumstances which reasonably indicate that the goods are for the buyеr, has made either a substantial beginning of their manufacture or commitments for their'procurement; or
“(2) if the party against whom enforcement is sought admits in his pleading, testimony, or otherwise in court that a contract for sale was made, but the contract is not enforceable under this provision beyond the quantity of goods admitted; or
“(3) with respect to goods for which payment has been made and accepted or which have been received and accepted in accordanсe with section 1802.6f of the Revised Code.” (Emphasis added.)
R.C. 1302.61(A) reads as follows:
“Rejection of goods must be within a reasonable time after their delivery or tender.
It is ineffective unless the buyer seasonably notifies the seller.”
R.C. 1302.64 reads, in part, as follows:
“(A) Acceptance of goods occurs when the buyer:
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"(2) fails to make an effective rejection as provided in division (A) of section 1302.61 of the Revised Code, but such acceptance does not occur until the buyer has had a reasonable opportunity to inspect them * * *[.]”