Exhibit 99.2

                Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
     As Adopted Pursuant to Section 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Lester J. Mantell, the functional equivalent of the Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the City Investing
Company Liquidating Trust;

2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly
report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

4. I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures [as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)] for the
registrant and I have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that
material information relating to the registrant is made known to me by others,
particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures based on such evaluation, as of the
end of the period covered by this report; and

c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal
quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;

5. I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of
registrant's trustees:

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process,
summarize and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves individuals who have a
significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other
document authenticating, acknowledging or otherwise adopting the signature that
appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement
required by Section 906, has been provided to the Trust and will be retained by
the Trust and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff
upon request.

                                     By: /s/ Lester J. Mantell
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         Dated: July 22, 2003                  Lester J. Mantell, Trustee