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Harney Felix Brunot

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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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Harney Felix Brunot (1860 – 1944)". Louisiana Supreme Court. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Louisiana Supreme Court Justices, 1813-Present". Louisiana Supreme Court. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Death Notices", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (March 13, 1944), p. 18.
  4. ^ "Jones Being Elected Judge", The Alexandria Town Talk (July 24, 1923), p. 3.
Political offices
Preceded by Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
1923–1936
Succeeded by