Patsy is coerced into faking a broken leg in order to win an insurance settlement after an automobile accident.

Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to elope, and run away to a Justice of the Peace. After typical Laurel and Hardy blundering, they manage to sneak the girl away from her father's house.

An attractive young woman on trial for murder employs her feminine wiles to charm the judge and jury.