Bavarian town attorney Konrad Mair, who forsakes a good urban income to help his birthplace compatriots, who rarely pay except in kind, to his hag secretary Singer's quiet despair, must again save his buddy, curate Hubertus Müller, who poured manure over businessman Georg Altmann's luxury-cabriolet after his horse defecated on church grounds, and a conviction would mean a transfer to the unholy north by the bishop. Müller also asks Konrad to undo the firing of impulsive simpleton woodworker Thomas Meiting having publicly ear-boxed his employer Wolfgang Brandner for an alleged affair with his wife Sabine. Konrad takes risks and wrestles with his conscience no less then the curate in fighting their good causes, whatever it takes.