Years earlier, Buck Halliday had saved Jack Butler's life. Butler, then a miner, had been badly injured by claim jumpers and would have died for sure had Halliday not taken a hand. As it was, he left three dead men behind him and somehow managed to drag Butler forty miles to a doctor.
Butler never forgot that, and when by chance their trails crossed again, he was determined to reward Halliday from his newly-acquired wealth.
Trouble was, there were folks around who figured that wealth had been stolen.
And when the victim's son came looking for justice, Halliday had to decide just how far he was prepared to back his old friend.