Harney Felix Brunot | |
Office: | Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court |
Term Start: | June 4, 1923 |
Term End: | December 31, 1936 |
Predecessor: | Robert Reid |
Successor: | Amos Lee Ponder |
Birth Date: | 8 October 1860 |
Birth Place: | Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, U.S. |
Spouse: | Alice M. Magee |
Children: | 2 |
Parents: | Robert Felix Brunot Jane Elizabeth Brunot Neeley |
Education: | Tulane University (LLB) |
Profession: | Judge |
Harney Felix Brunot (October 8, 1860 – March 11, 1944) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from June 4, 1923, to December 31, 1936.[1] [2]
Born in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana,[1] to Robert Felix Brunot and Jane Elizabeth Brunot, née Neeley,[3] Brunot received an LL.B. from Tulane University in 1882. He was a city attorney for Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from 1884 to 1896, when he became a judge of the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court. He held that office until 1921, except for a period from 1904 to 1906 when he held the office of State Printer. From 1921 to 1923, he was a judge of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court,[1] and was then elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court in 1923,[4] remaining there until 1936.[1]
Brunot's wife, Alice M. Magee, was the state law librarian.[1] They had a son and a daughter.[3]