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