Changes

Fournet's decisions strengthened criminal and civil procedure in Louisiana. He introduced a simplified form of indictment in criminal matters and reduced technicalities in matters of civil procedure.  In ''Voisin v. Luke'' (1966) he wrote that the procedural rules of the civil code were intended to promote the administration of justice, not to allow "entrapment . . . of a litigant" so as to discourage the accused from pursuing a trial on the merits.

Fournet's decisions strengthened criminal and civil procedure in Louisiana. He introduced a simplified form of indictment in criminal matters and reduced technicalities in matters of civil procedure.  In ''Voisin v. Luke'' (1966) he wrote that the procedural rules of the civil code were intended to promote the administration of justice, not to allow "entrapment . . . of a litigant" so as to discourage the accused from pursuing a trial on the merits.

In 1941, Justice Fournet wrote a scholarly decision in ''Succession of Lissa'' in which he claimed that the sources of Louisiana law date to the Twelve Tables of the Romans, the Institutes of Gaius, the  [[Justinian Code]], and the [[Code Napoleon]].

In 1941, Justice Fournet wrote a scholarly decision in ''Succession of Lissa'' in which he claimed that the sources of Louisiana law date to the Twelve Tables of the Romans, the Institutes of Gaius, the  [[Justinian Code]], and the Code [[Napoleon]].

==Fournet's death==

==Fournet's death==