From 0e78386a08d3d3a0a98c8d03cd665b8992ab3ea2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Moore <github@ricmoo.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 15:47:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Do not require a Signer for contract.populateTransaction.

---
 packages/contracts/src.ts/index.ts | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/contracts/src.ts/index.ts b/packages/contracts/src.ts/index.ts
index 24e7e88f..fef7696a 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/src.ts/index.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/src.ts/index.ts
@@ -218,12 +218,12 @@ function runMethod(contract: Contract, functionName: string, options: RunOptions
                 })
             }
 
+            if (options.transaction) { return resolveProperties(tx); }
+
             if (!contract.signer) {
                 errors.throwError("sending a transaction require a signer", errors.UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION, { operation: "sendTransaction" })
             }
 
-            if (options.transaction) { return resolveProperties(tx); }
-
             return contract.signer.sendTransaction(tx).then((tx) => {
                 let wait = tx.wait.bind(tx);