Bob Bentley (Hardie Albright), a newly-licensed young attorney, falls in love with Edie Morton (Mary Carlisle), and finds himself acting as her legal adviser after the suicide of her father. Complicating matters is a sinister probate judge (Sidney Toler), suitor for Edie's sister, Natalie Morton (Lila Lee), who is out to appropriate the family estate for himself. Things worsen before they get better.