This case presents the question whether a trial court's failure to issue a statement of decision when there has been a timely request therefor is per se reversible error. We will conclude that it is.
After a two-day trial on appellants' cross-complaint, the matter was taken under submission by the court. On August 3, 1983, a minute order was entered, which reads in pertinent part: "MEMORANDUM OF DECISION...
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