Harney Felix Brunot Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Harney Felix Brunot (1860 – 1944). Louisiana Supreme Court. https://web.archive.org/web/20190609025611/http://www.lasc.org/Bicentennial/justices/Brunot_Harney.aspx. May 15, 2020. 2019-06-09.
  2. Web site: Louisiana Supreme Court Justices, 1813-Present. Louisiana Supreme Court. https://web.archive.org/web/20190608080334/http://www.lasc.org/Bicentennial/justices.aspx. May 16, 2020. 2019-06-08.
  3. "Death Notices", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (March 13, 1944), p. 18.
  4. "Jones Being Elected Judge", The Alexandria Town Talk (July 24, 1923), p. 3.