
    Corinne FREEMAN, Zelmar Greenway, Richard Ashton, Leroy Partington, and Christopher Davis, as Trustees of the Firemen’s Pension Fund for the City of St. Petersburg, Florida, Appellants, v. Hugh W. CHAMBLISS, Appellee.
    No. 82-475.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
    Dec. 1, 1982.
    Michael S. Davis, City Atty., Kim Street-er, Asst. City Atty., St. Petersburg, for appellants.
    Jay M. Thorpe, St. Petersburg, for appel-lee.
   PER CURIAM.

We construe the final judgment as not barring appellee’s application for benefits on the bases of laches, but as not precluding appellant from seeking to establish that defense at an evidentiary hearing on the merits. As construed, the final judgment is AFFIRMED.

BOARDMAN, A.C.J., and SCHEB and SCHOONOVER, JJ., concur.  