Perry represents a citizen's group in hearings on a proposed aqueduct to be named after county engineer William Harper Caine. Perry gets a stop work order until a section of the proposed location can be checked for an underground spring. Eventually, Caine needs Perry's help when he's accused of murdering Roger Quigley, the project's chief contractor.

Perry has to defend the dean of a prep school on charges of murdering a teacher who had been stealing, embezzling, and blackmailing.

Edward Lewis's increasingly bitter arguments with his father-in-law make him the suspect when the old goat is murdered.

A fire chief wants to bring a libel suit against a reporter who accuses him of burning down his own warehouse. Things get even worse for the chief when he's charged with murder.

Mason is hired by a woman who is convinced, after a series of bizarre events, that she's crazy.

Abner Gordon threatens to press charges if his niece doesn't replace the money she lifted from his safe.

Attorney Joe Kelly agrees to represent Bill Jarvis, whose mother-in-law is trying to have his bowling alley shut down.

An investment broker tops off a series of peculiar actions by commandeering a taxi to rob a bank.

Balancing private investigation with legal gymnastics, Mason tries to iron out a case of embezzlement and murder.

Burger tries to head off trouble when his young assistant falls for an unscrupulous woman.

Lawyer Ward Toyama, a friend of Perry's, gets caught up in an illegal gunrunning operation and murder on the high seas after being contacted by a man claiming to be an intelligence agent. It's up to Perry to clear his friend's name when he's accused of murder.