Exhibit 32

                Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
      As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

         In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the CITY INVESTING
COMPANY LIQUIDATING TRUST, a Delaware Trust (the "Trust") for the period ending
December 31, 2004 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the
date hereof (the "Report"), I, Lester J. Mantell, a Trustee and the functional
equivalent of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the
Trust, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to my knowledge and belief,
that:

         1) the Report fully complies, in all material respects, with the
requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
and


         2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Trust, as of, and for, the periods presented in the Report.


         The foregoing certification is provided solely for purposes of
complying with the provisions of Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
and is not intended to be used or relied on for any other purposes.


                                             By:  /s/ Lester J. Mantell, Trustee


Dated: February 4, 2005