The defendant, not having made “either a promise to pay, or an acknowledgment of the debt as an existent obligation,” after the expiration of three years from 22 April, 1937, as required by the statute, C. S., 416, the judgment of nonsuit was properly entered. Trust Co. v. Lumber Co., 221 N. C., 89, 19 S. E. (2d), 138.

Affirmed.