The Fighting Code plot
"He had to fight...and fought for LOVE!"
Ben Halliday faces a mysterious murder. In the dead man's pockets he finds a letter in which the man writes that he intends to return to his hometown. His sister, Helen James, is in that town to defend against Joshua La Plante and his gunslinger Joe Krull, who are after her property. Halliday thinks that sister and brother have been separated for so long that she will no longer recognize her brother and decides to pretend to be her brother. With the help of Judge Williams, Halliday discovers plans to evict Helen James and build a dam that will drain the entire valley. Krull kills a surveyor and frames Halliday so that he ends up in jail.