The Case of the Black Cat

Peter Laxter calls Perry Mason late at night to have him come over and change his will. He is cutting Wilma out and splitting the estate between the two grandsons. He suspects that someone is trying to kill him and soon afterwards, he is killed in a fire at his house. Perry suspects foul play and has the coroner check for time of death and finds that the burned victim was dead long before the fire. When the caretaker is murdered and then DeVoe, the police find enough evidence to charge Wilma's boyfriend Keene with murder. Perry represents Keene at the trial.