Question juridique clé
Whether the apartment purchase contract was subject to a suspensive condition tied to the bank's payment promise
Solution extraite
No. The promise affected only the notary's instruction to register the contract, not the binding force of the sale itself.
Motifs extraits
Under the trust principle, the contract text showed a binding sale; the transfer of risk on 1 November 2001 before expiry of the seven-day period confirmed that the parties treated the outstanding steps as performance obligations.