context: "It is well established that an order awarding attorney fees in relation to an underlying case is, itself, an appealable judgment.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.parenthetical: giving certiorari review to an attorney-fee order appealed to the lower appellate court and observing that a petition for an attorney fee in equity is 'an independent proceeding supplemental to the original proceeding'
citation_a.sentence: Cf. Sprague v. Ticonic Nat’l Bank, 307 U.S. 161, 170, 59 S.Ct. 777, 83 L.Ed. 1184 (1939)(giving certiorari review to an attorney-fee order appealed to the lower appellate court and observing that a petition for an attorney fee in equity is ‘an independent proceeding supplemental to the original proceeding’).
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 887 So.2d 919, 923
citation_b.parenthetical: '[A]ttomey-fee matters are separate and distinct from matters going to the merits of a dispute and ... an appeal may be taken from a final judgment as to either aspect of a case.'
citation_b.sentence: Niezer v. SouthTrust Bank, 887 So.2d 919, 923 (Ala.Civ.App.2004) (‘[A]ttomey-fee matters are separate and distinct from matters going to the merits of a dispute and ... an appeal may be taken from a final judgment as to either aspect of a case.'); Hunt v. NationsCredit Fin. Servs.