Read the following excerpt from a US court opinion:
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except as otherwise provided, be brought in the county wherein such place is situated.” Both parties agree the contract did not specify a location in which it was to be performed. Nonetheless, Abernethy claims, because the payments were to be made to him in Johnson County, the contract was assumed to be performed in Johnson County. The district court agreed with this conclusion. However, “a contract to pay at a particular place arising from implication of law is not sufficient” such that section 616.7 would apply. Bechtel v. Dist. Ct., 215 Iowa 295, 245 N.W. 299, 300 (1932). Due to the lack of specification with regard to the locality of performance, Iowa Code section 616.7 is not a vehicle through which the suit may be brought outside of Schmitt’s resident county. See id, at 300 — 01 . In addition, the district court also relied
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What is the most suitable continuation to the opinion? Your options are:
A. holding that an attorney approval clause in a contract for the sale of real estate was a part of that contract and would have to be satisfied for the underlying contract to be enforceable
B. holding that the place of performance governs the legality of the contract and because the contract was to be performed in mexico texas public policy against gambling was not implicated
C. holding that for a suit to be brought in the venue in which the contract was to be performed the contract must expressly state where the performance of the contract was to occur
D. holding a condition precedent is an act or event that must be performed or occur after the contract has been formed before the contract becomes effective
E. holding a contract was divisible in its nature  if the intention is expressly stated in the contract
Reply with [A, B, C, D, E] only.