Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff's contention that a provision in an agreement requiring 30 days notice to close is an express condition precedent is misplaced. A condition precedent is an "`act or event, other than a lapse of time, which, unless the condition is excused, must occur before a duty to perform a promise in the agreement arises'" (Oppenheimer & Co. v Oppenheim, Appel, Dixon & Co.,
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