Junior thinks his case in a small New England court is all sewed up, until he finds out that the judge, the bailiff, and the defendant are all cousins.

Miss Claridge fouls up the office routine when she falls in love with a con-man and moons about him instead of preparing a brief that the Harrigans need for a case to be tried before the Supreme Court. Father and son then have to solve her romantic problems so that they can meet their Washington deadline.