Powe v. Odell

MARTIN, Justice.

The sole question properly before the Court for review is whether the trial court erred in holding that N.C.G.S. 24-5 vio*412lates the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States and article I, section 19 of the Constitution of North Carolina. We hold that the trial court did err in holding that the statute violates these constitutional provisions.

N.C.G.S. 24-5 (Cum. Supp. 1983) provides as follows:

All sums of money due by contract of any kind, excepting money due on penal bonds, shall bear interest, and when a jury shall render a…