Antique dealer Mercedes borrowed P1,000,000 from antique collector Benjamin. Mercedes issued a postdated check in the same amount to Benjamin to cover the debt. On the due date of the check, Benjamin deposited it but it was dishonored. As despite demands, Mercedes failed to make good the check, Benjamin filed in January 2009 a complaint for collection of sum of money before the RTC of Davao. Mercedes filed in February 2009 her Answer with Counterclaim, alleging that before the filing of the case, she and Benjamin had entered into a dacion en pago agreement in which her vintage ₱1,000,000 Rolex watch which was taken by Benjamin for sale on commission was applied to settle her indebtedness; and that she incurred expenses in defending what she termed a "frivolous lawsuit." She accordingly prayed for ₱50,000 damages. a. Benjamin soon after moved for the dismissal of the case. The trial court accordingly dismissed the complaint. And it also dismissed the Counterclaim. Mercedes moved for a reconsideration of the dismissal of the Counterclaim. Pass upon Mercedes' motion. (3%) b. Suppose there was no Counterclaim and Benjamin's complaint was not dismissed, and judgment was rendered against Mercedes for ₱1,000,000. The judgment became final and executory and a writ of execution was correspondingly issued. Since Mercedes did not have cash to settle the judgment debt, she offered her Toyota Camry model 2008 valued at P1.2 million. The Sheriff, however, on request of Benjamin, seized Mercedes' 17th century ivory image of the La Sagrada Familia estimated to be worth over ₱1,000,000. Was the Sheriff's action in order? (3%)