P.J. and Tom are caught in the middle of a contentious local land dispute between P.J.'s ex-girlfriend Hilary Edmunds's uncle Stan Horvath and Geoff Lovett who is claiming adverse possession of the land.
An elderly land owner returning to the district to retire stands to lose his land due to an obscure law. His niece Hillary Edmunds, PJ's old flame from the Stock Squad, returns to Mt. Thomas to help her family retain their property. The property dispute escalates with an arson and spreads to involve the families' children.