When Tim Barrett rides into Carabinas, his reputation as a lawman precedes him. Rescuing Polly Loomis from the unwanted attentions of a saloon ruffian, he learns her mother married ranch foreman Nick Grindel shortly before her death, and left everything to him in her will. Nick has proposed marriage to his stepdaughter, and she fears violence if her hot-blooded brother Dick finds out. When a body is found at the Bow Knot, Tim barely rescues Dick from a necktie party and is deputized to investigate when Dick confesses to a crime he didn't commit.

Le Texas ranger Tim Barrett arrive à Carabinas pour épauler Frank Newport, un autre ranger. Au saloon, il sauve Polly Lumas d'une fusillade provoquée par Nick Grindell. Tim apprend du shérif local que Grindell avait épousé la mère de Polly, et que lors de sa mort, le testament faisait de lui l'unique légataire de l'héritage. Tim soupçonne que le testament était un faux et commence l'enquête mais Grindell est retrouvé, mort.