Case file · 25CA-AC03169
$6,450 paid up front. Seventeen months of promises. One failed attempt at the work.
A Grandview, Missouri homeowner contracted for the plugging of an abandoned oil and gas well and paid $6,450.00 in two installments — $3,700.00 by Venmo on May 3, 2024 and $2,750.00 by PayPal on July 5, 2024. Over the following seventeen months essentially no work was performed. Judgment was entered against all three defendants on December 2, 2025.
Peter McClung v. Jesse Yoakum, Brook Yoakum, and JS Yoakum Excavation and Construction, LLC
17th Circuit Court of Cass County, Missouri, Associate Civil Division · Filed September 24, 2025
Which business this filing names
JS Yoakum Excavation and Construction, LLC
This filing names the excavation LLC, or its operator together with the LLC. It does not name the well drilling sole proprietorship.
Where this case stands
Judgment entered December 2, 2025. All three defendants were personally served on September 26, 2025 and none appeared. Missouri Case.net records the judgment entry as: “JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT Comes plaintiff(s) in person and by attorney. Defendant(s) though lawfully summoned and called comes not but makes default. Evidence is heard and the Court being fully advised in the premises finds the issues in favor of plaintiff(s) and against defendant(s).” As of July 27, 2026, Case.net shows no satisfaction of judgment on file for any of the three defendants.
Status as last checked on Missouri Case.net on July 27, 2026. Look up the case number on Case.net for anything filed since.
| Court | 17th Circuit Court of Cass County, Missouri, Associate Civil Division |
|---|---|
| Case number | 25CA-AC03169 |
| Filed | September 24, 2025 |
| Named in this filing | Jesse Yoakum Brook Yoakum JS Yoakum Excavation and Construction, LLC |
| Amount | $6,450.00 |
Decided
What the court actually found
A judge entered these in a signed judgment. They are stated as fact here because a court made them so.
- On December 2, 2025 the court entered judgment by default in the plaintiff’s favor in the amount of $6,450.00, recorded separately against each of the three defendants: JS Yoakum Excavation and Construction, Jesse Yoakum, and Brook Yoakum.
- The judgment entry states that the defendants, “though lawfully summoned and called,” did not appear and made default, and that the court heard evidence before finding the issues in the plaintiff’s favor.
- Missouri Case.net lists the Date of Satisfaction for all three judgments as “not yet on file.” The judgment remains unpaid.
Document pending
The filings in this matter are public records available from the circuit clerk. They will be published here once a certified copy is obtained and any personal contact information belonging to private individuals has been redacted.