§ 24-6. Clerk to ascertain interest upon default judgment on bond, covenant, bill, note or signed account. - North Carolina Statutes

§24‑6.  Clerk to ascertain interest upon default judgment on bond,covenant, bill, note or signed account.

When a suit is instituted on asingle bond, a covenant for the payment of money, bill of exchange, promissorynote, or a signed account, and the defendant does not plead to issue thereon,upon judgment, the clerk of the court shall ascertain the interest due by law,without a writ of inquiry, and the amount shall be included in the finaljudgment of the court as damages, which judgment shall be rendered therein inthe manner prescribed by § 24‑5. (1797, c. 475, P.R.; R.C., c.31, s. 91; Code, s. 531; Rev., s. 1956; C.S., s. 2310.)