In re Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Court

To His Excellency Elbert N. Carvel.

Governor of Delaware:

Receipt is acknowledged of your letter of March 21, 1963, requesting the opinions of the members of this Court upon the following question:

“If, upon the expiration of twelve years from the date of the beginning of the term of Chief Justice or Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, no successor has been appointed and qualified, does the incumbnt hold over under the provisions of Article XV, Section 5, of the Constitution of Delaware?”

Article IV, Section 3, of the Constitution, Del. C., provides in part as follows:

“The Justices of the…