Where a real estate agent's authority provides for commission 'subject to completion of a sale', those words impose a condition on the agent's entitlement to commission rather than merely deferring the time for payment. No commission is payable where the purchaser fails to complete the sale. The question was decided 2-1, with the dissent holding the words only deferred payment of commission already earned upon exchange of contracts.
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