Key legal question
Whether the architects' fee claim was subject to a suspensive condition requiring a building permit.
Extracted holding
Even assuming the fee obligation depended on a building permit, the condition was deemed fulfilled because the defendant wrongfully prevented the project from being filed.
Extracted reasoning
The court interpreted the parties' arrangement and held that art. 156 CO applies where a party, contrary to good faith, prevents the condition's occurrence; the permit would likely have been obtainable absent the defendant's refusal to approve filing.