Opinion of the Justices

To His Excellency Sherman W. Tribbitt Governor of Delaware

Reference is made to your letter, dated April 6, 1973, requesting the opinions of the Justices, under 10 Del.C. § 141,* upon the following question:

“If, upon the expiration of twelve years from the date from the beginning of the term of the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Sussex County, no successor has been appointed, may the incumbent hold over under the provisions of Article XV, Section 5, of the Constitution of Delaware [Del.C.Ann.] while the Senate is in session ? ”

The Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Sussex County is…